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  • Hemant Soren granted bail in land grabbing case
  • ED case linked to illegal possession of land
  • Soren's lawyers in process of getting release orders

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The ED arrested Soren in January in relation to a money laundering investigation into the alleged illegal possession of 8.36 acres of land.

Jharkhand HC grants Ex-CM Hemant Soren bail in land grabbing case

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to a land scam.

The high court had on June 13 reserved its decision on Soren's bail plea.

"Bail has been granted to Soren. The court has held that prima facie he is not guilty of the offence and there is no likelihood of the petitioner committing an offence when on bail," Soren's senior counsel Arunabh Chowdhury told PTI.

Soren was arrested by the Enforcement directorate in January in an investigation into the alleged illegal possession of 8.36 acres of land.

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