Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief Hemant Soren resigned on Wednesday evening after over six hours of questioning by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the alleged land scam case.
A curfew under Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed within a 100-metre radius of the Jharkhand Chief Minister's residence, Raj Bhavan, and the office of the ED in Jharkhand's Ranchi.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday filed a complaint against the officials of the Enforcement Directorate, alleging that the officials tried to 'harass' and 'malign' him and his entire community.
Notably, the Enforcement Directorate has seized Rs 36 lakh in cash and two cars after it conducted searches at the residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, sources in the central agency said on Tuesday.
Coming out all guns blazing at Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who went incommunicado after receiving fresh ED summons in connection with an alleged land scam case, BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo on Wednesday said never in the history of independent India has an elected CM 'gone missing' o
In a move to quash rumours that "Hemant Soren has been absconding", Jharkhand Chief Minister held a series of meetings with party leaders and various MLAs of the INDIA bloc at his residence on Monday.
Reacting to the remarks made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey that rifts are happening in the family of Chief Minister Hemant Soren over his wife's (Kalpana Soren) candidature on becoming the next Jharkhand CM, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Basant Soren on Monday s
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren held a meeting with his ministers and his party legislatures at his residence on Tuesday amid speculations that he was absconding and avoiding the Enforcement Directorate's probe into the alleged land scam case.
Meanwhile, Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan has summoned Chief Secretary L Khiangte, Director General of Police Ajay Kumar and Home Secretary Avinash Kumar to take stock of the law and order situation in the state.
Amid the heat of Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Jharkhand Chief Minister, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey said that Hemant Soren has called all allied MLAs to reach Ranchi with their luggage and bags.