The Latest Breaking News from Hemant Soren

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that it can record his statement at his Secretariat on January 20 in connection with a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.

The Jharkhand Cabinet approved guidelines to deal with notices to State officials by external probe agencies, making it mandatory for them to inform the Cabinet Secretariat and Vigilance Department through departmental heads about the communications, an official said.

Enforcement Directorate has summoned Hemant Soren’s press adviser Abhishek Prasad and Sahibganj Deputy Commissioner Ram Niwas Yadav for questioning in a money laundering investigation.

A six-member delegation of the JMM led by party general secretaries Vinod Pandey and Supriyo Bhattacharya visited the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K. Ravi Kumar during the day and submitted a memorandum to him with a request to conduct the by-election.

The ED on last Saturday issued seventh summons to Mr. Soren for questioning in connection with an alleged land scam case. 

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