SC to hear on Friday plea of JMM leader Hemant Soren against arrest in money laundering case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Friday a plea of former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.

Soren, who was arrested on Wednesday night after resigning as the Jharkhand chief minister,



had first moved the state high court challenging his arrest in the case.

Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary of the Jharkhand High Court were scheduled to hear Soren’s plea at 10.30 am on Thursday.