Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate has made a fresh arrest in connection with the ongoing money laundering probe against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, official sources said on Tuesday.
Sources said Mohammad Saddam was in jail in an alleged land scam case in Jharkhand and the central agency took him into custody under the anti-money laundering law after an application in the court.
This is the third arrest in the case after Soren, 48, and Bhanu Pratap Prasad, a former sub-inspector in the state government's revenue department.
Saddam is accused of creating "fake" land records relating to 8.86 acres of land in Ranchi, which the ED has alleged was illegally acquired by the Jharkhand Mukt Morcha (JMM) leader.
Soren was arrested by the ED soon after resigning from the post of CM in January. H is currently lodged in Birsa Munda Jail, Hotwar, Ranchi under judicial custody.
Sources said Mohammad Saddam was in jail in an alleged land scam case in Jharkhand and the central agency took him into custody under the anti-money laundering law after an application in the court.
This is the third arrest in the case after Soren, 48, and Bhanu Pratap Prasad, a former sub-inspector in the state government's revenue department.
Saddam is accused of creating "fake" land records relating to 8.86 acres of land in Ranchi, which the ED has alleged was illegally acquired by the Jharkhand Mukt Morcha (JMM) leader.
Soren was arrested by the ED soon after resigning from the post of CM in January. H is currently lodged in Birsa Munda Jail, Hotwar, Ranchi under judicial custody.
