Ranchi (Jharkhand):The Enforcement Directorate is set to question Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the land scam case at his official residence in Ranchi today. ED teams entered the CM house at 1 pm on Saturday. Meanwhile, security has been heightened outside CM Soren's official residence and several areas in Ranchi.
Heavy forces have been deployed in several areas in Ranchi. No citizen has the right to take laws into their hands. Senior officers have been deployed at different places. All the safety parameters have been kept in mind, said Rajkumar Mehta, Superintendent of Police, Ranchi. Several workers of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) gathered at the Chief Minister's residence and raised slogans against the ED probe.
Earlier this month, CM Hemant Soren wrote to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) stating that it could record his statement in the land scam case at his official residence on January 20. ED had issued Soren the eighth summons on Saturday, asking him to join the investigation between January 16 to 20. ED had previously issued a summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's press advisor, Abhishek Prasad to join its investigation on January 16 into an alleged money laundering probe linked to an illegal mining case.
The central agency concluded its day-long search of Soren's media advisor Abhishek Prasad's residence in Ranchi late on January 3. The Chief Minister was issued a 'last opportunity' by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to record his statement on an alleged land scam days ago. Soren, in turn, replied to the agency, labelling the summons as 'illegal'.