Money laundering probe against Soren: ED summons Congress MP from Jharkhand Dhiraj Sahu
RANCHI: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand Dhiraj Prasad Sahu for questioning in a money laundering case in which the central agency arrested former chief minister Hemant Soren, official sources said Thursday.
Sahu, 64, was in the news after the Income-tax department in December recovered Rs 351.8 crore cash, an all-time high seizure, during raids against Odisha-based Boudh Distillery Pvt. Ltd(BDPL), promoted by the family of the Congress legislator.
ED wants to probe Sahu’s link with Hemant Soren about his alleged connections to former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and a BMW SUV that the agency confiscated from his Delhi residence on January 29.
ED wants to interrogate and record Sahu’s statement, the sources informed.
Earlier on Wednesday, ED conducted searches at a property in Gurugram, linked to the address registered for a Haryana-number-plated SUV. Additionally, two locations in Kolkata were also searched as part of the same investigation.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) suspects that this vehicle may be connected to Sahu through a potentially “benami” arrangement.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Hemant Soren on January 31 on charges of money laundering related to an alleged case of illegal land acquisition and possession. He is currently in ED's custody.
The 48-year-old Soren was arrested by the ED on January 31 on money laundering charges linked to an alleged illegal land acquisition and possession case.
Soren resigned as the Jharkhand CM before he was formally arrested that day.
He is in the ED custody at present.
(With inputs from Mukesh Ranjan)