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Hemant Soren Land Scam ED Charge sheet: In the Jharkhand land scam case, the Enforcement Directorate i.e. ED has filed a charge sheet in the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court. In this, former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Revenue Officer Bhanu Pratap Prasad, Rajkumar, Hilarias Kachhap and Vinod Singh have been made accused. In its charge sheet, ED has accused all of them of corruption and manipulation in the Rs 600 crore land scam.
Statements and documents in the case confirmed that Hemant Soren was part of the ‘land mafia’ syndicate. Were enjoying the earnings of crime.
44 page file found from Bhanu Pratap’s office
During the investigation, officials found a 44-page file in the office of Revenue Officer Bhanu Pratap, which contained important information about 8.86 acres of land owned by Hemant Soren. Pratap used to call Hemant Soren ‘Boss’. CM Bhuihari Badagai was written in a yellow note in red ink on the file.
It has also been revealed in the charge sheet that in a brown colored file it was written – CMO Argent Pinto. The person named Pinto was none other than Abhishek Prasad. Hemant Soren’s media advisor Uday Shankar had asked the circle officer to get the land verified. The agency claimed that Hemant Soren had illegally occupied 8.86 acres of land in Ranchi’s Bargain area since 2011. Whose price is now Rs 31 crore. At present the Enforcement Directorate has seized it.
Special PMLA Court, Ranchi takes the cognizance of Prosecution Complaint filed by ED against former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and others under PMLA in a land scam case.
— ANI (@ANI) April 4, 2024
lands were grabbed like this
ED claims that the land in Bargain area was allegedly acquired through Ranjit Singh, Hilarius Kachhap and Rajkumar, close to Hemant Soren. Bhanu Pratap was part of a syndicate that included several government officials, including Hemant Soren, to alter government land documents to grab land.
Santosh Munda took the name of Hemant Soren
The ED included photographs of two surveys conducted at the property, in which Bhanu Pratap has also been named among the accused. The caretaker of the property, Santosh Munda, confirmed its ownership under the minister, referring to Hemant Soren. A photograph recovered from the mobile phone of accused Binod Kumar revealed plans to construct a bank hall on the property.
In his statement to ED, Hemant Soren claimed to have no information about the property. However, she remained silent about her chat with Binod. The agency claims that Bhanu Pratap called Hemant Soren his boss and conspired to grab 8.86 acres of land by manipulating government records.
open diary entry
Financial transactions involving Bhanu Pratap have been revealed in the phone diary and messages of another accused. ED has taken statements of 33 witnesses and seized thousands of pages of documents. Rs 36 lakh in cash and a BMW car were seized from Hemant Soren’s residence in Delhi. ED has now attached assets worth Rs 256 crore, which were illegally seized by this ‘syndicate’.
16 people arrested so far
So far 16 accused have been arrested in this case, including Hemant Soren and former Ranchi DC IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan. Former Chief Minister Hemant Soren has denied the allegations against him and accused the BJP of misusing investigative agencies to destabilize democratically elected governments.
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