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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) asserted that former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren had unlawfully acquired and possessed 8.5 acres of land comprising 12 adjacent parcels in Ranchi. The agency alleged the "involvement of a large syndicate" in the illicit acquisition of these properties. This comes a day after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief was arrested on money laundering charges in connection with an alleged land dead.
The federal agency made the claim while producing Soren before a special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court in Ranchi, which sent the JMM leader to judicial custody for a day even as ED sought his 10-day custody.
Recorded statements of several people as well as a survey done established that this property was in illegal possession and use of the former CM, the agency claimed.
About the searches at Soren’s Delhi residence on January 29, ED told the court it has recovered ₹36.34 lakh from the cupboard allegedly used by the JMM leader besides documents related to the ongoing investigation.
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