Overview

• Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on charges of money laundering, involving an alleged Rs 600-crore land scam.
• The Supreme Court dismissed Hemant Soren's plea against his arrest, directing him to seek relief from the High Court.
• Hemant Soren has been remanded to 5-day ED custody, with allegations of illegally possessing approximately 8.5 acres of land.
• Champai Soren, a senior Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader, has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
• The political shift in Jharkhand follows amidst claims of the ED acting under central government directives to destabilize the democratically-elected state government.