Soren’s BMW seized( BMW s)

New Delhi/Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is involved in the land scam. ED raided CM Hemant Soren’s Delhi house on Monday. Hemant Soren was not present during this time. The investigation team scrutinized the necessary documents here. After this Soren’s BMW  ( BMW s) was confiscated. Some documents have also been seized. ED team is also present at the airport. It has been accused of being “motivated by political agenda”. He claimed that the ED’s insistence on recording his statement again on or before January 31 shows malicious intent.

Grand alliance MLAs meeting canceled
Amidst the news of ED’s interrogation of Hemant Soren, Grand Alliance MLAs were called to Ranchi. There was a strong discussion that all the MLAs have to reach the CM residence at 3 o’clock on Monday. Many leaders including MLA Champai Soren, Mithilesh Thakur arrived, but within a short time all of them came out of the CM residence. Then information came that the meeting had been postponed for some reason. However, all the MLAs have been instructed to stay in and around Ranchi.
Here, there was also discussion that Hemant Soren may be arrested. In view of this, the police in Jharkhand were alerted. Apart from the CM House in Ranchi, security has been increased at the BJP office and the houses of big leaders.

The interrogation took place on January 20.
Earlier, on January 20, ED had interrogated Hemant Soren for about 7 and a half hours at CM House. This inquiry was related to 8.46 acres of land located behind DAV Bariatu. The investigating agency had asked him questions related to his source of income and details given in his income tax return.

After questioning, CM Hemant Soren had said, “I answered all the questions of the ED. If further questions are asked, I am ready to answer.” After this, ED had asked him to tell the time and place for second interrogation between January 27 and 31. Soren did not give any answer to this. After which on Monday, ED conducted raids in Delhi.
What is the land scam issue?
The land related matter came to light after the arrest of Ranchi officer Ali. On November 4, 2022, ED had raided several locations of Vishnu Aggarwal in the land scam. Later, summons were sent to Vishnu Aggarwal thrice for questioning. Along with all the land matters, Hemant Soren’s name had come up in the purchase of Cheshire Home Road land. At the same time, fraud was also revealed in the purchase of 9.30 acres of Khas Mahal land in Pugadu.

During the raid on July 8 at the house of the Chief Minister’s MLA representative Pankaj Mishra, who was arrested on July 19, 2022, the news of ED finding a check book related to the bank account of CM Hemant Soren came to light. ED has mentioned in the charge sheet filed in the PMLA court that the signatures of the Chief Minister were also on 2 blank cheques. Apart from the CM, his family’s name is also coming to light in the land scam case.