Illegal mining case: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday raided the premises of some shut associates of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi and Rajasthan in reference to an unlawful mining case.
ED raids are at present being performed at greater than 10 locations within the state underneath the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
ED raids Jharkhand CM’s press advisor
The central company is conducting raids on the premises of Hemant Soren’s press advisor Abhishek Prasad alias Pintu. The premises of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Jharkhand’s Hazaribag Rajendra Dubey can be being raided by the central probe company.
Searches are additionally being performed on the premises of Ram Nivas, the District Collector of Sahibganj, and his residence in his native place in Rajasthan.
The company has been investigating a path of Rs 100 crore of proceeds of crime generated from unlawful mining operations within the state since 2022.
Soren on ED summon
Chief Minister Soren has skipped the Enforcement Directorate summons for seven instances up to now.
The first summon was issued for August 14. He had filed a petition earlier than the Supreme Court after which the Jharkhand High Court searching for safety from the ED motion and terming the summons “unwarranted”. Both the courts had dismissed his petition.
Soren had claimed within the High Court that the summons was issued out of malice and false allegations had been levelled in opposition to him with the only real motive of making political uncertainty and unrest in Jharkhand.
The probe pertains to a “huge racket of illegal change of ownership of land by the mafia” in Jharkhand, in accordance to the ED.
ED arrested 14 folks
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested 14 folks in reference to the case, together with Chhavi Ranjan, a 2011-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who had beforehand served because the director of the state social welfare division and deputy commissioner of Ranchi.
Soren was questioned by the ED in November final yr in one other money-laundering case linked to alleged unlawful mining within the state.
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