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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) conducted raids at multiple locations in Rajasthan as part of an ongoing investigation into a money laundering case related to alleged illegal mining. The searches are currently underway in Jaipur, Udaipur, and Nagaur.

The Jharkhand high court has for the second time rejected the bail application of Pankaj Mishra in the illegal mining case in Sahibganj. Mishra, who was the constituency representative of former CM Hemant Soren, has been in custody since July 20, 2022, in a case filed by the enforcement directorate (ED) for his role in alleged money laundering. The HC had also refused him bail in February 28, 2023 after which Mishra moved the Supreme Court.

The Jharkhand High Court has stayed the investigations into the multicrore mining scam in Sahibganj district. Read more about the case and the court's decision.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the eighth time, with a request to appear between January 16-20. �� Illegal Mining Case: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Gets ED Summon for Eighth Time, Asked to Appear Between January 16 to 20.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) asked Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to appear before the agency between January 16 and 20 in connection with the “illegal mining case”.

The ED had arrested INLD former MLA from Yamunanagar Dilbagh Singh in a money laundering case linked to illegal mining.

"Rampant illegal mining activities were being done in the Sahibganj area and in order to ascertain the extent of this act, 20 joint inspections of illegal mining activities were carried out by the officers of the ED along with administrative, forest, mining and pollution control departments of the Jharkhand government," ED said

Illegal mining case Enforcement directorate summons Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren press advisor and Sahibganj Deputy commissioner in money laundering probe

The Enforcement Directorate seized over a 100 bottles of liquor, Rs 5 crore cash, illegal foreign-made weapons and about 300 cartridges during searches at the residence of a Congress MLA and a former MLA in Haryana, officials said on Friday.

About a dozen locations in the state are being raided by the central agency under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).