Hemant Soren files FIR against ED officials for ‘maligning' his image, spreading fake news

PTC News Desk: Jharkhand Police on Wednesday filed an FIR against Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for "maligning the image" of Chief Minister Hemant Soren by spreading "fake news" about him.

According to the police, the FIR was filed after Soren complained to the police about the ED raid at his Delhi home. According to the police, the FIR was registered in accordance with the provisions of the SC/ST Act. 

Hemant Soren lodged a complaint with the ST/SC police station in Ranchi on Wednesday, accusing Kapil Raj, Deovrat Jha, Anupam Kumar, and Aman Patel, as well as other unnamed ED officials, of violating the atrocity law.

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Soren's FIR was filed under Sections 3 (1) (p), (r), (s), and (u) of the SC/ST atrocity law, which carries a minimum jail term of six months and a maximum of five years upon conviction. HT reviewed a copy of the FIR.

These provisions cover false, malicious, or vexatious suits or criminal proceedings against Scheduled Tribe (ST) members (p), intentionally insulting or intimidating ST members with the intent to humiliate them in any public place (r), abusing any ST member by caste name in any public place (s), and attempting to incite hostility against ST members through words spoken or written or any visible representation (u).

Ranchi SP Chandan Sinha stated, "An FIR has been filed at the request of Chief Minister Hemant Soren. According to the SHO (Station House Officer of SC/T Police Station in Ranchi), the CM's complaint states that his image has been tarnished by ED officials who arrived at his Delhi residence without any information and spread false news."

"The Chief Minister has stated that after he arrived in Jharkhand, the media published stories about the cash haul and how a BMW car was seized, which he described as false information because they did not belong to him. However, I will be able to comment on this after reading the FIR," the SP added.

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