New Delhi, Nov 4, 2022: On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate conducted raids at multiple locations in Jharkhand and West Bengal as a part of their money laundering probe into the alleged use of forged papers for sale of defence lands in the aforementioned states.
ED is probing into about 8 locations in Ranchi and adjoining areas and 4 places in Kolkata including the premises that are linked to arrested businessman Amit Agarwal.
Last month, ED arrested Agarwal on charges of alleged conspiracy to “trap” Rajeev Kumar, a lawyer who is responsible for representing a petitioner in 2 PILs filed against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren.
The case also has links to the illegal mining case which is currently being probed by the ED. They had summoned Hemant Soren to appear at the ED’s regional office on Thursday but the latter did not.
Soren referred to the ED’s summons as “part of a plot to harass a tribal chief minister”.
