According to official sources on Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made four further arrests in relation to the money laundering case against former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and others, which is allegedly tied to an unlawful 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).
On Tuesday, the ED searched Tirkey’s and a few other people’s properties here.
Eight persons have been detained in connection with this investigation 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 prison in Hotwar.Bhanu Pratap Prasad, the prime accused and a former sub-inspector of the tax 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.
