Amid speculation about Hemant Soren’s imminent arrest, the Jharkhand chief minister has filed a case against the Enforcement Directorate under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The complaint, filed at the SC/ST police station in Ranchi, pertains to the agency’s raid at Mr Soren’s residence in New Delhi on Monday, and claims that it was aimed at harassing him.Â
The Jharkhand Chief Minister belongs to a Scheduled Tribe.
“An FIR has been lodged against some senior ED officials… we got the application from the chief minister,” Ranchi Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandan Kumar Sinha, told news agency PTI.
Mr Soren is being questioned by the ED at his residence in Ranchi in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. There is a strong buzz that he may be arrested and his party has reportedly also planned for that eventuality.
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