A day after Soren’s arrest, the Jharkhand Chief Minister Soren launched a video message during which Soren claimed that he was not linked to the cash laundering case during which he was arrested.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) tried to tarnish his picture by conducting raids at his Delhi residence.
A day after Soren’s arrest, the Jharkhand Chief Minister Soren launched a video message during which Soren claimed that he was not linked to the cash laundering case during which he was arrested.
“Most probably ED will arrest me today, but I am not worried as I am Shibu Soren’s son…After a full day of questioning, they decided to arrest me in a planned manner on matters that were not related to me,” Soren mentioned in a video message recorded simply earlier than his arrest.
After a chronic second of hypothesis within the media and a hide-and-seek drama, Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chairperson Hemant Soren was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) within the land rip-off case on Wednesday night time.
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“No evidence has been by them found yet. They also tried to spoil my image by conducting raids at my Delhi residence. We have to fight a new fight now against those who commit atrocities against the poor, Adivasis, Dalit, and the innocent,” he added. He additional mentioned that he has to battle a brand new battle towards these people who find themselves accusing harmless people–the poor, Adivasis, and Dalits.
“Struggle is in our blood and we will do that. I will not cow down. Ultimately truth will prevail and will win the battle,” Soren mentioned.
Earlier on Wednesday night, JMM Chief Hemant Soren met Governor CP Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhawan and handed over his resignation after over six hours of questioning by the ED in reference to a cash laundering probe linked to the alleged land rip-off case.
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Jharkhand Transport Minister Champai Soren, who was named as JMM legislative get together chief, after Hemant Soren’s arrest, claimed that he has the help of 47 MLAs and can proceed to safeguard the pleasure of the state. “We will continue to work to safeguard the pride of Jharkhand. We have staked a claim to form the government in the state. We have the support of 47 MLAs. You have seen how the voice of the Adivasis here has been suppressed over the years,” he mentioned.
Recently, Champai Soren wrote a letter to Governor CP Radhakrishnan, staking a declare to kind the brand new authorities within the state. Champai Soren, the state transport minister, is a seven-time MLA and he represents the Seraikella constituency in Jharkhand. Before becoming a member of the JMM, he was an impartial MLA.
According to the ED, CM Soren was questioned as part of the probe into the ‘big racket of unlawful change of possession of land by the mafia’. The probe pertains to very large quantities of proceeds of crime generated by forging official information by exhibiting ‘faux sellers’ and purchasers within the guise of cast or bogus paperwork to amass big parcels of land having worth in crores.
