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Former Jharkhand CM and JMM chief Hemant Soren sent to 5-day ED custody

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was on February 2 remanded to five days’ Enforcement Directorate custody by a special PMLA court in Ranchi in connection with a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land fraud, lawyers said.

Mr. 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.

Editorial | Change in Jharkhand: On political leaders under the ED’s scanner  

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