Hemant Soren, Executive President of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the third time on Thursday at a ceremony attended by top political leaders. This comes after Soren was granted bail in a money laundering case, just seven days after his arrest. This political development marks an end to the five-month-long tenure of outgoing Chief Minister Champai Soren.
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Hemant Soren, the former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has been granted bail in the land scam case by the Jharkhand High Court. The court declared that there was no prima facie evidence to prove Soren's guilt and that the possibility of him committing a similar offence while on bail was unlikely. Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on charges of fraudulently acquiring land in Ranchi. His party, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, sees his release as a major relief ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.
The former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Chief, Hemant Soren, has been granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court in the alleged land scam case. Soren was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement in January and was facing charges related to land scam and money laundering. The investigation revealed the forgery of official records and the involvement of fake sellers and buyers in acquiring large parcels of land worth crores. The court's order comes after the Special PMLA Court extended Soren's judicial custody until April 4. The Ranchi police have also issued a notice to the ED officials to join the investigation following an FIR filed by Soren under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.