Hemant Soren illegally acquired 12 land parcels in Ranchi: ED tells court
Hindustan TimesFormer Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren had illegally acquired and possessed 12 adjacent land parcels in Ranchi measuring 8.5 acres, obtained by “a very large syndicate” involved in grabbing properties, the Enforcement Directorate claimed on Thursday, a day after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief was arrested on money laundering charges in connection with an alleged land dead. Outgoing Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren being taken by Enforcement Directorate officials for the summons in an alleged land scam at the ED court, in Ranchi on Thursday The federal agency made the claim while producing Soren before a special PMLA court in Ranchi, which sent the JMM leader to judicial custody for a day even as ED sought his 10-day custody. “Prasad was actively involved in hatching conspiracies with other persons to acquire and conceal various properties in an illegal manner including the properties which are illegally acquired and possessed by Hemant Soren,” ED said in its court documents on Thursday. Soren was arrested on Wednesday soon after he resigned as the chief minister and following nearly seven-hour questioning by ED sleuths in connection with the PMLA case linked to the alleged land deal in Jharkhand.