The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Jharkhand MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu for questioning in connection with the arrest of former chief minister Hemant Soren by the central agency, official sources said on Thursday.
Sahu, 64, was in the news after the income tax department seized a record Rs 351.8 crore in cash during a raid at Boudh Distillery Pvt. Pvt. in Odisha in December last year. Ltd. (BDPL), promoted by the MP family.
Sources said the education ministry wanted to question and record Sahu’s statement about his links with Soren and a BMW SUV that the agency had seized from the JMM leader’s house in Delhi not long ago.
Sources said the agency on Wednesday raided a premises in Gurgaon’s Kadarpur village where the SUV with a Haryana number plate was registered. On Wednesday, two locations in Kolkata were also raided in connection with the same case.
The ED suspects that the car is allegedly linked to Sahu through some “benami” method. Solon, 48, was arrested by the Education Bureau on January 31 on suspicion of illegal land acquisition and money laundering. Soren resigned as chief minister of Jharkhand before he was formally arrested that day. He is currently in ED custody.
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