Money laundering case against Hemant Soren: ED arrests one more; conducts searches in Ranchi
The Hindu
Enforcement Directorate arrests Afshar Ali in money laundering case linked to former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, land forgery alleged.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made a fresh arrest in connection with the money laundering investigation against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and others, official sources said on April 16.
The federal agency also undertook some searches in Ranchi against a person named Antu Tirkey, who is allegedly linked to the case.
The arrested person identified as Afshar Ali was lodged in jail under judicial custody in another money laundering case and the agency has taken his custody in the latest case after seeking a designated court’s permission.
Mr. Ali is accused of committing “forgery” for allegedly grabbing some land in Jharkhand in purported connivance with the prime accused in the case against Mr. Soren and former Revenue Department Sub-Inspector Bhanu Pratap Prasad.
This is the fourth arrest in the instant case.
The 48-year-old JMM leader Soren was arrested by the ED in January shortly after he resigned as the CM. He is currently lodged at the Birsa Munda jail at Hotwar in Ranchi under judicial custody. Prasad and one Mohammed Saddam Hussian have also been arrested.
The probe against Mr. Soren pertains to an 8.86 acre land in Ranchi that the ED has alleged was illegally acquired by the former CM.
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