The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu on February 10, in a case related to former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren.
The ED wants to question and record Sahu's statement in connection with his purported links with Soren and a BMW SUV that was seized by the agency from the JMM leader's house in Delhi sometime back, said sources.
Sixty four-year-old Dhiraj Sahu gained highlight in December when the Income-tax department seized an unprecedented amount of cash—Rs 351.8 crore—during searches against Boudh Distillery Pvt. Ltd. (BDPL), an Odisha-based company promoted by Sahu’s family
In relation to his alleged connections to ex-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and a BMW SUV that the agency confiscated from the JMM leader’s Delhi home some time ago, sources said the ED wants to interrogate and record Sahu’s statement.
On Wednesday, the agency raided a premise in Kardarpur village in Gurugram on whose address the Haryana number plate bearing SUV was registered, the sources said. Two locations in Kolkata were also searched in the same case on Wednesday.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) suspects that this vehicle may be connected to Sahu through a potentially “benami†arrangement.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Hemant Soren on January 31 on charges of money laundering related to an alleged case of illegal land acquisition and possession.
Before his formal arrest on that day, Soren resigned from his position as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He is currently under the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
A special PMLA court on Wednesday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) remand of former chief minister Hemant Soren by five days in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam, lawyers said.
Soren, JMM executive president, on February 2 was remanded to five days’ ED custody by the special PMLA (The Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court which ended on Wednesday.
“The ED had prayed for seven days of remand which we objected saying no further remand is required because he has already been interrogated for eight hours on January 20 and another eight hours on January 31,†Advocate General Rajeev Ranjan, who appeared for Soren, told reporters.
Apart from that, he has already been interrogated for 120 hours in five days.
“So, there is no need for any further remand. But they have tried to expand this scope of investigation beyond the predicate offence matter. We have been saying that they (ED) have no power and jurisdiction to investigate anything beyond the predicate offence,†the AG said.
The FIR has been lodged in connection with 8.5 acres of land which is there in the schedule offence, he added.
