The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday questioned Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren at his residence for seven hours in connection with a money laundering case.

Emerging from the interrogation, the JMM leader said: “Since the formation of our government, they are hatching conspiracies. We have never bowed down or been afraid. I want to tell you Hemant Soren will always stand with each of the party workers. I promise you we will continue to work for the state’s development by shredding their conspiracies into pieces. It is time to put a final nail in their coffin. Your leader will face bullets first and keep morale high."

“Under no circumstances we will let the state fall into the hands of such conspirators. When these people are unable to deal with us politically, they are trying to disturb the government from behind. But time has come to give a befitting reply to such people,” added Soren.

The party workers burst crackers after Soren went inside his house.

Soren had earlier been quizzed by the ED in November 2022 in Ranchi in connection with an illegal mining case for nearly nine hours.

On Saturday, a posse of ED officials amid tight security cover reached the chief minister’s residence in Kanke around 1.03pm.

Sources in the chief minister’s secretariat revealed that the questioning began around 2.30pm in a closed room.

According to sources, the questioning is related to the allegation of money laundering over a land scam in Ranchi.

Sources in the ED revealed that the questioning was related to the financial sources of property acquired by the chief minister and his family members.