INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday turned down the bail application of Prem Prakash, a close partner of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant
Soren, while validating the findings of the Enforcement Directorate, which is penetrating the cash path in supposed prohibited mining worth
Rs 1,000 crore.The ED in its submission prior to the HC had said that Prakash is a close associate of Soren, besides the CMs constituency
agent Pankaj Mishra, and was accountable for collecting the earnings of crime created from unlawful mining.The agency had earlier said
that the proceeds of crime generated by the syndicate was to the tune of over Rs 1,000 crore and it had actually seized/attached
properties of over Rs 50 crore
3 close partners of Soren-- Prem Prakash, Pankaj Mishra and Amit Agarwal-- have actually been apprehended in the event and are presently in
judicial custody.While accepting the firms contention of the states connivance in operation of the criminal distribute, the HC acknowledged
that the ED had actually seized two AK-47s from Prakashs premises besides other proof of laundering of the earnings of crime
The HCs order of January 10 estimated from the EDs submission where the latter induced record that Ravi Kejriwal, previous treasurer of JMM,
in his tape-recorded declaration with the company on July 21, 2022, had actually said that one day he existed in the workplace of the CM,
when CM directed Pankaj Mishra (accused No
1) to straight turn over the funds coming from Santhal Parganas stone mining to this petitioner (Prem Prakash)
The order further prices estimate the ED that Prakash would hand over funds to Amit Agarwal and that he was very close to CM Hemant Soren
Remarkably, the order pointed out the EDs argument that Puja Singhal was provided additional charge of mining secretary, Jharkhand, due to
her proximity with Amit Agarwal
The ED had additional induced the record that Anil Jha, among the workers of Prakash, in his statement prior to the company on May 25 last
year, had actually stated that he utilized to receive cash ranging from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 5 crore for Prakash from one area to another (sic)
Jha had actually told the agency that he used to collect money from various individuals and used to hand them over to Prakash on his
The syndicate run utilizing encrypted calls made from iPhones
Prakash was apprehended by the ED on August 18 last year based upon an FIR signed up in Kolkata
In the present case, the function of this petitioner (Prem Prakash) has turned up in the statement of Ravi Kejriwal and Anil Jha, as gone
Substantial money transactions have been shown in the account of the company in the name of this petitioner, regarding which no possible
explanation has been provided, the HC noted.The financial transactions in companies run by the accused were acknowledged by the court while
observing that these deals required to be sufficiently responded to by the petitioner, but he failed to do so
Rather remarkably, even two AK-47 rifles were seized from his house which are said to be of the security personnel not posted in his
