The troubles for former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, who’s beneath judicial remand within the alleged land rip-off case, appear mounting as the most recent revelation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers means that JMM chief, with the assistance of officers shut to him, not solely concerned in grabbing authorities lands however was additionally indulged in switch posting of officers by taking bribes.
ED recovers 539 pages of WhatsApp chat
This recent allegation in opposition to Soren got here to mild via WhatsApp chats recovered by ED officers in the course of the investigation. 539 pages of WhatsApp chat between Soren and his shut buddy Binod Singh – an architect by occupation – and others had been produced earlier than the court. The ED additionally claimed that the paperwork associated to the switch of Bokaro and Chalbasa Jail Superintendent had been recovered from the cell through which the speed of switch posting was talked about.
According to ED, Binod WhatsApped Soren on 07-06-2020 through which it was written:
“Kahin ka DC bana dena….no relation pure comercial. Bhai, abhi tak jitana bhi sifarish kiya hai ksisi se ek rupaya nahi liya hai, kaam hone ke baad jaisa adesh hoga apka…lekin request hai please case consider kar lena…I wish hum bhi chhote se system ka part hoten” (Make DC someplace…No relation pure business. Brother, until now no matter advice he has made, he has not taken even a single rupee from anybody. Yes, after the work is completed, as per your order, however the request is pls take into account instances.. I want I too had been a port of a small system.”
This WhatsApp chat incorporates the names of many officers and their present posting together with particulars of the place they need to be posted.
Soren shouldn’t be giving a direct reply: ED
The ED alleged that this chat clearly shows that Soren was not solely taking on authorities land by forging paperwork and manipulating authorities papers but additionally concerned within the malpractice of switch posting and taking cash by misusing his place.
Meanwhile, Ranchi’s PMLA court prolonged the ED remand of Soren by 5 extra days. The company had sought 7 days’ remand from the court.
