The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in connection to a money-laundering case, reports emerged on December 11.
Jharkhand CM Summoned For 6th Time In Connection To Money-Laundering Case
Hemant Soren has been summoned for the sixth time in connection to a money-laundering case. He had approached the Supreme Court but was asked by the apex court to file his plea before the Jharkhand High Court. He had skipped five summons of the ED.
Earlier, Hemant Soren filed a writ petition in the High Court challenging the summons issued against him in a money-laundering case by the ED. He moved the High Court after his petition to the Supreme Court was rejected and he was directed by the top court on December 11.
Hemant Soren has approached the Supreme Court to contest the summons issued to him. He claims that the charges against him are a clear abuse of the law by the Central government and an unjustified deployment of Central agencies to destabilize the state government.