THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, January 19: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will interrogate Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the Ranchi land scam tomorrow.
Soren, responding to the eighth summons, asked the ED sleuths to record his statement at the chief minister’s secretariat at 12 noon.
Notably, he ignored all previous seven summons and accused the agency of haunting him due to political reasons.
However, the ED, in its eighth summons, categorically told him to be available for questioning between January 16 and January 20 else the agency would be forced to take strong legal actions against him.
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The ED is carrying out an investigation in ECIR bearing no. RNZO/25/2023 in the matter of Ranchi district Revenue Sub-Inspector Bhanu Pratap Prasad.
A huge number of documents including many incriminating documents were found in the possession of Bhanu Pratap Prasad when the ED raided his premises in connection with the Indian Army land scam and others.
Certain documents are allegedly linked with the CM related to the alleged grab of a costly parcel of tribal land in Ranchi.
Meanwhile, the ED has written a letter to the State Chief Secretary and the DGP to ensure law and order in the capital when the sleuths interrogate the chief minister.
Various tribal organisations have planned a protest on the day the ED records Soren’s statement. The ruling JMM too has said that the people are angry with the ED’s action against the chief minister.
