ED summons Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for questioning in money-laundering case on Tuesday

PTI

Updated At : 03:13 PM Dec 11, 2023 IST

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits

Yearly Premium ₹999 ₹349/Year

Yearly Premium $49 $24.99/Year

Ranchi, December 11

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land scam on Tuesday, official sources said.

Soren has been asked to depose at the federal agency’s office here and get his statement recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), sources said on Monday.

The summons for the chief minister is for December 12, they added.

This is the sixth notice issued to Soren, but he never deposed as he filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking protection from the ED action.

The probe pertains to the ED alleging that a “huge racket of illegal change of ownership of land by mafia was going on in Jharkhand”.

The agency has arrested 14 people in the case.

Tags :

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Suggested Articles