Former Jharkhand CM and JMM leader Hemant Soren being produced before a PMLA court following his arrest by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in a money laundering case, in Ranchi, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. (PTI Photo)
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PMLA court grants five-day ED remand to ex-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

The special PMLA court had on Thursday sent the JMM leader to judicial custody for a day.

PTI

RANCHI: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was on Friday remanded to five days' Enforcement Directorate custody by a special PMLA court here in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land fraud, lawyers said.

Soren was arrested on Wednesday night after a seven-hour grilling by the ED in the money laundering case.

He resigned as the chief minister before that.

The special PMLA court had on Thursday sent the JMM leader to judicial custody for a day.

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