Ranchi. Amidst the protests by tribal groups and huge tension, the central agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday interrogated Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The central agency interrogated the Chief Minister for about seven hours in the case related to the alleged land scam of Jharkhand. It is being told that the interrogation has not been completed and the agency will interrogate him once again, the date of which will be decided later. Earlier, ED had issued summons to Chief Minister Soren eight times. In response to the eighth letter, Hemant Soren had told ED that it can interrogate him at the Chief Minister’s residence.
Then on Saturday, the ED team reached the Chief Minister’s residence with heavy security arrangements to interrogate Hemant Soren. Regarding this, security had already been increased outside the Chief Minister’s residence. However, for the last two days, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha workers and people from tribal organizations have been protesting in support of Hemant. Then the administration issued an order to impose Section 144 outside the CM House from 7 pm to 11 pm.
However, on Saturday during the day the ED team reached CM House with a convoy of nine vehicles. It has been told that seven ED officials had reached Ranchi for questioning. Of these, three officers had come from Delhi. A person from Garhwa has tried to commit suicide in protest against the questioning of the CM. The police took him into custody and kept him in Argora police station. To avoid any such untoward incident, tight security arrangements have been made outside the CM residence and Section 144 has been imposed.