12 February,2024 11:53 AM IST | Ranchi | PTI
Jharkhand ex-CM Hemant Soren/ File Photo
The Jharkhand High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a petition filed by arrested ex-chief minister Hemant Soren against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till February 27.
The court will again hear the plea on that day.
It asked the federal agency to file a consolidated affidavit.
The high court had on February 5 asked the ED to file its reply on Soren's petition.
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Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on January 31 in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land fraud.
The JMM leader was on February 2 remanded to ED custody by a special PMLA (the Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court in Ranchi for five days.
The court had on February 7 extended the ED remand of the former chief minister by five days.
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