ED files 5500-page chargesheet against ex-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in land scam

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK 

Ranchi, March 30: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today filed a Prosecution Complaint (PC) (equivalent to a chargesheet) in the money laundering case registered against former Chief Minister Hemant Soren. 

Besides, the ED has also filed a prosecution complaint against Soren’s friend Vinod Singh, revenue official Bhanu Pratap Prasad, Hilarious Kacchap and Rajkumar Pahan. The ED also attached 8.5 acres land.

The ED officials filed the Prosecution Complaint (PC) in the special court of Ranchi PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), adding that further investigation is underway. This means that the ED will file a supplementary chargesheet in the future.  

The chargesheet, which is 5,500 pages long, has detailed information about Hemant Soren and his associates, who played a crucial role in the money laundering through land scam.

The court would now scrutinise the chargesheet before taking its cognisance. 

Hemant is in judicial custody till April 5

On March 21, former Chief Minister Hemant Soren appeared before the PMLA court, which extended his judicial custody until April 5. Soren is currently lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail.

Notably, the ED arrested Hemant Soren on January 31 in a money laundering case involving a land scam after interrogating him for more than seven hours.