Jharkhand HC asks ED to reply to bail plea of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren by June 10
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader filed a fresh petition in the High Court on Monday after withdrawing his plea from the Supreme Court.
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The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday directed the Enforcement Directorate to reply by June 10 to a petition filed by former Chief Minister Hemant Soren seeking bail in a money-laundering case, Live Law reported.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader has been in jail since January 31, when he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the case. This was shortly after he resigned as the chief minister after being questioned by the central law enforcement agency in the matter.
The Enforcement Directorate has alleged that a “racket of land mafia” in Jharkhand was involved in tampering with official records in Ranchi and Kolkata. Some of the land acquired through the forgery was in Soren’s illegal possession, the agency alleged.
On May 22, Soren withdrew his petition in the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the central agency in the case. He had moved the top court after the Jharkhand High Court rejected his petition.
The Supreme Court said that the former chief minister had not disclosed that a special court had taken cognisance of the complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate. A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court in Ranchi had rejected the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader’s petition for bail in the case on May 13.
On Monday, Soren filed a...
