ED asks Jharkhand CM to record statement in PMLA case again

The Enforcement Directorate issues fresh summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in money laundering case.

The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and asked him to again record his statement in a money laundering case between January 27 and 31, official sources said on January 22.

The central agency recorded his statement for the first time in the case on January 20 after investigators went to his official residence here.

They recorded his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) during the about seven hours they spent at his home.

Mr. Soren has been asked to join the investigation again between January 27 and 31, and an Enforcement Directorate team will go to his residence like the last time, the sources said.

The recording of the statement did not finish that day (January 20), and hence, the Chief Minister has been asked to join the probe again, they said.

The agency is understood to have put about 25-30 questions to Mr. Soren during the last week questioning in the money laundering case linked to alleged instances of illegal land deals.

After the ED officials had left, the Chief Minister had said a conspiracy had been hatched against him.