According to official sources on Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made four new arrests in relation to the money laundering case against former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and others, which is allegedly linked to an illegal land grab.
Antu Tirkey, Priya Ranjan Sahay, Bipin Singh, and Irshad have been identified as those detained in accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
On Tuesday, the ED searched Tirkey’s and a few other people’s properties here.
Eight people have been detained in connection with this case as a result of these arrests.
Not long after he quit as chief minister in January, Soren, 48, was taken into custody by the ED. He is presently being held in judicial custody at the Birsa Munda jail in Hotwar. Bhanu Pratap Prasad, the prime accused and a former sub-inspector of the revenue department; Mohammed Saddam Hussian; and Afshar Ali have also been taken into custody.
The investigation against Soren concerns an 8.86-acre Ranchi property that the ED claims he unlawfully purchased.
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Before a special PMLA court here on March 30, the agency had filed a charge sheet against Soren, Prasad, and Soren’s purported “frontmen,” Raj Kumar Pahan and Hilariyas Kachhap, as well as an alleged associate of the former chief minister Binod Singh.
Additionally, the ED has annexed the Ranchi land and asked the court to seize the plot.
The Jharkhand Police filed several First Information Reports (FIRs) in land “scam” cases against various individuals, including state government officials, which led to the money laundering investigation.
Prasad, as the keeper of official documents, is the main accused in this case. According to the ED’s statement, he is accused of having “misused” his official position by helping a number of individuals, including Soren, with their illegal occupation, purchase, and possession of landed properties as proceeds of crime.
It had stated, “A land mafia racket used to forge Ranchi land records is active in Jharkhand.”
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