An arrest lengthy within the making, Hemant Soren underneath central companies’ scanner since 2020
Bringing an finish to a long-drawn-out drama, senior JMM chief Hemant Soren was arrested on Wednesday evening, quickly after he had stepped down as Chief Minister. Earlier than he resigned, he had spent the day being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in reference to a cash laundering case.
Soren’s arrest got here after he had skipped eight of 10 ED summons, the final being on Monday, when he allegedly “disappeared” earlier than officers reached his Delhi residence for questioning within the ED investigation right into a “large racket of unlawful change of possession of land by the mafia” in Jharkhand.
Whereas dogged by investigations by Central companies in a number of circumstances, Soren has insisted these are a part of a political conspiracy to destabilise his Jharkhand authorities.
Hemant Soren’s video message moments earlier than arrest: ‘Bid to make Jharkhand a sufferer of political conspiracy like Bihar’
Stating that within the subsequent combat he’ll “come out stronger” and provides a “befitting reply” to those that conspired to get him arrested, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a video assertion recorded minutes earlier than his arrest on Wednesday evening stated there was an try and make Jharkhand “rajnitik shadyantra ka shikar (prey to political conspiracy)” like Bihar.
Within the video message to the individuals of Jharkhand, Soren stated he didn’t have a lot time and would proceed his combat. He hoped he can be within the hearts of each individual within the state and likewise underlined he had full religion within the judiciary. “Just lately, Bihar fell prey to political conspiracy. Now they wish to make Jharkhand the second sufferer of political conspiracy,” stated the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief.