Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) followed by a high-voltage drama, has brought other politicians who are also under the radar of the central probe agency, in focus. With high-profile cases involving politicians, actors and celebrities, raids, seizures, attachments, summons and interrogation, the ED has turned into India’s most debated, discussed, opposed and feared agency.
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Amidst the high-voltage drama surrounding ED summons to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in connection with a money laundering case, let us take a look at other politicians who are being probed by the central agency-
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren
According to ED, the case against Hemant Soren is in connection with a “huge racket of illegal change of ownership of land by the mafia” in Jharkhand. The probe agency has summoned the CM seven times in connection with stone mining and land scam cases.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is on the central probe agency’s radar in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi liquor policy. The AAP supremo has previously skipped summonses by ED calling them “illegal” and “politically motivated”
Former Delhi Minister Manish Sisodia
Former Delhi Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia has been lodged in jail in connection with the central agency’s probe into alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy 2021-22.
RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav
Tejashwi Yadav on January 30, 2024, appeared before the ED for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs scam,
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav
ED is probing former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s involvement in the land-for-job scam case which saw the alleged sale of properties at throwaway prices or as ‘gifts’ to the RJD chief’s kin during his term as Railway Minister in the 2004-2009 United Progressive Alliance government.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel
The Congress leader is on ED radar in connection with the alleged involvement in the Mahadev betting app scam.
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee
ED probing Abhishek Banerjee’s involvement in the bribe-for-job scam in the West Bengal education department. Several TMC leaders, including former education minister Partha Chatterjee, are in judicial custody in connection with the case which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is also probing under orders of the Calcutta High Court.
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s Son Vaibhav
The central agency’s action against Vaibhav was in connection with an ongoing investigation into a case against a Rajasthan-based hospitality group Triton Hotels and Resorts and its directors and promoters Shiv Shankar Sharma, Rattan Kant Sharma and others for the alleged violation of the FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act).
Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi is on the radar of the central probe agency in connection with the National Herald newspaper-linked money laundering case.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
According to sources, Rahul Gandhi is being questioned about the ownership of Young Indian Private Limited (YIL) by the Gandhi family and its shareholding pattern in Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the company that runs the National Herald newspaper.
P Chidambaram’s son and Congress MP Karti Chidambaram
The ED has filed a money laundering case against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and others in the matter related to the facilitation of project visas for Chinese nationals for a power project of the Vedanta group in Punjab in return for bribes.
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