Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was today sent to Birsa Munda Central Jail in hotwar on a one-day judicial custody. The Prevention of Money Laundering court in Ranchi will announce its decision on Soren’s remand on Friday, February 2.
Soren was brought to the PMLA special court from ED’s Zonal office in Ranchi on Thursday, where the ED demanded a remand of 10 days. The arguments from both sides continued for about two hours. But, the court reserved its order on remand. At present Hemant Soren has been sent to judicial custody. He will spend Thursday night in jail.
After spending a night at the ED office Soren was taken to the court under tight security on Thursday. He was presented in the court of Judge Dinesh Rai. CRPF personnel had surrounded Hemant Soren's car from all sides on the court premises. After this, he came out of the car and greeted his supporters by waving his hands.
Incidentally, Soren has also approached the Supreme Court of India against Enforcement Directorate action and his arrest on January 31. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal had approached the Supreme Court on the arrest of Soren by the ED in an alleged land scam case. An SLP has also been filed in the Supreme Court. The case is listed for hearing in the Supreme Court on 02 February. Diary number 4967 /2024 has been filed on 31-1-2024.
Soren has withdrawn his petition from Jharkhand High Court. The Advocate General had requested to withdraw the petition.
Hearing on Soren’s plea was done in virtual mode in the bench of Acting Chief Justice S Chandrashekhar and Justice Anubha Rawat. ACGI SV Raju presented the case on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate. Sources said that during the hearing in the High Court, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Hemant Soren, asked for time for cross-examination and the court was unhappy with this. The court said that the next hearing of the case will now be held on Friday.
After interrogating for about 7 hours on Wednesday, ED arrested Hemant Soren. Immediately after his arrest, he left for Raj Bhavan, where he submitted his resignation to the Governor, after which the ED officials took him with them and went to the ED office.
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