Ranchi: In Ranchi, the ED team has raided the premises of people close to Hemant Soren and Abhishek Prasad Pintu. This action is taking place in Kokar and Ashok Nagar areas. ED team has raided the house of land businessman Ramesh Gope in Ayodhyapuri of Kokar. The strings of this raid are also linked to the land scam in Badgai area. It is said that Ramesh Gope is close to Badgai area CI Bhanu Pratap Prasad.
Apart from this, ED has also raided some places, although the names of the places and people are not clear yet. Former Chief Minister of the state Hemant Soran is in ED custody. ED is continuously asking him questions regarding the land of Badgai area.CI Bhanu Pratap is also being asked questions related to this scam.
ED is continuously keeping an eye on people associated with Hemant Soren and Abhishek Prasad Pintu and raids are also going on at many places. Vinod Singh was also a part of this chain. Now ED is busy collecting more important evidence in this case. ED will interrogate Hemant Soren till 15 February.
Senior Supreme Court Advocate Kapil Sibal, Jharkhand Advocate General Rajeev Ranjan and Advocate Piyush Chitresh presented their side on behalf of Hemant Soren in the High Court. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju and advocate AK Das represented the ED. The case was heard in the division bench headed by Justice Chandrashekhar. After the hearing, the court gave two weeks’ time to the Enforcement Directorate to file its reply on the criminal writ petition and amendment petition filed by Hemant Soren.