About six months after his arrest, Jharkhand’s former Chief Minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren was granted bail by the state high court today in the alleged land scam case, Indian Express reported.
Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on January 31 on charges of money laundering in connection with the alleged illegal possession of 8.36 acres of land. In the lead up to the arrest, he had resigned as CM, giving the charge to transport minister Champai Soren. The arrest had come months ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with the opposition accusing the Modi government of crackdown.
