The ED has booked Soren in a case concerning “huge racket of illegal change of ownership of land by the mafia” in Jharkhand.
The ED filed a prosecution complaint on June 23, 2016 in connection with the case under Section 45 of PMLA against Soren, ten others and three companies.
So far, over a dozen people have been arrested in the case, including 2011-batch IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan, who served as Director of the State’s Social Welfare Department and Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi.
The agency recorded Soren’s statement under the PMLA on January 20 this year.
He was later arrested and stepped down as Chief Minister of Jharkhand on January 31 in the wake of his arrest.
He has, however, denied the allegations of money-laundering.
In a video released soon before he was taken into custody, he claimed he was being arrested on the basis of “fake papers” as a part of a conspiracy.
Source: Barandbench
