Jharkhand News: The Jharkhand High Court has dismissed the petition of Chief Minister Hemant Soren against an order of the MP-MLA Court.
The MP-MLA Court in Ranchi had taken cognizance of a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that Soren had failed to comply with the issued summons asking him to appear personally before the central investigative agency in the money laundering case.
Jharkhand News-Soren’s Action
CM Soren had filed a petition against order of the MP-MLA Court in the Jharkhand High Court. The order asked Soren to make a personal appearance before it on December 4 in connection with a case by ED related to disobeying as many as eight summons. The petition was rejected by the Special MP MLA Court on November 25 last year. Soren was then asked to appear on December 4 before the Court.
Soren now has to either challenge the petition dismissal in the Supreme Court or face the MP-MLA Court.
Another ED Confrontation
After West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has entered into a fresh confrontation with the Jharkhand state police.
Amid the ongoing water supply scam investigation, a team of Ranchi police reached the office of ED with a large contingent of officers. The police are probing allegations made by a scam accused of brutal assault by ED officials.
A resident of Ranchi, Santosh Kumar alleged that ED Assistant Director (II) Prateek and his assistant Shubham assaulted him. Santosh alleged that his skull was fractured and evidence was destroyed after he was summoned to the ED office. Santosh was taken to the Sadar Hospital where six stitches were administered to his head. The scam accused that ED officials threatened him at the hospital and replaced his blood-stained T-shirt. Santosh added he was forced to sign the incident report without even reading it. He went on to claim that ED officials threatened to send his children and wife to jail if anyone was informed.
