“One sealed envelope containing passbook and two checkbooks containing two signed cheques bearing numbers 004718 & 004719 and 31 blank cheques bearing number from 0004720 to 004750 all pertaining to account number 593210110003422 in the name of Hemant Soren held with Bank of India, Sahibganj Branch,” reads the charge sheet while mentioning details of seizure.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday seized a passbook and a checkbook, including two signed cheques, of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren from the home of his alleged close associate Pankaj Mishra.
The financial probe agency, in its charge sheet against Mr. Soren’s representative Pankaj Mishra, has revealed that these bank documents were found during raids at Jain’s residence in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj on July 8, 2022.
“One sealed envelope containing passbook and two checkbooks containing two signed cheques bearing numbers 004718 & 004719 and 31 blank cheques bearing number from 0004720 to 004750 all pertaining to account number 593210110003422 in the name of Hemant Soren held with Bank of India, Sahibganj Branch,” reads the charge sheet while mentioning details of seizure.
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The ED also recovered and seized several files with bank documents of the JMM leader and his family members from the houses of different suspects who are on the scanner of officials in the illegal mining case.
In its charge sheet, the probe agency further claims that using his close association with the chief minister, Pankaj Mishra was actively involved in illegal mining and diverting crores of rupees under the instruction of Mr. Soren.
Pankaj Mishra was earlier arrested by the probe agency and is presently in judicial custody. The ED also recovered crores in cash after raiding several places linked to the accused linked with the case.
Along with bank documents and cash, the officials also seized an inland vessel worth Rs 30 crore, being operated at the behest of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s aide Pankaj Mishra.
The vessel was being operated illegally from the Sukargarh Ghat in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj at the behest of Rajesh Yadav, in connivance with Pankaj Mishra and others, to transport illegally mined stone chips and boulders, the probe agency has alleged.
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