Shibu Soren (born 11 January 1944) is an Indian criminal-politician and was until recently a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Dumka constituency of Jharkhand and is the president of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party. from website of Parliament of India This work is copyrighted. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Hazaribagh town is the divisional headquarters of South Chota Nagpur division and headquarters of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand state, India. ... , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ... Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (झारखंड मुक्ति मोर्चा) is a political party in India. ... Bokaro is one of the districts of Jharkhand state, India. ... is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the election of April-May 2004. ... , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ... Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (झारखंड मुक्ति मोर्चा) is a political party in India. ...

He was the Minister for Coal in the Manmohan Singh cabinet in November 2006, when a Delhi court found him guilty in the killing of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994^[1]. He is also charged with a number of other murders, and also other criminal charges, relating to a bribery deal with the Congress to save the Narasimha Rao government in a no-confidence motion in July 1993. Dr. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: , Hindi: ) is the 17th and current Prime Minister of India. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (June 28, 1921 - December 23, 2004) was the ninth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ...

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Life

He was born in Nemra village of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand States and territories of India. He completed his schooling from the same district. After schooling, he got married and decided to work with his father who was a farmer. He has three sons and a daughter. Hazaribagh district is one of the districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Hazaribagh town is the district headquarters. ... , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ... India is a federal republic comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. ...

He started his political career in the early 1970s and rose to become a tribal leader. On 23 January 1975, he allegedly led a mob that attacked the Muslim-dominated Chirudih village in Jamtara district in a campaign to drive away "outsiders", a term used to describe non-tribals. Ten people including nine Muslims were killed in the attack. Along with sixty eight others, he was charged for murder. He lost his first Lok Sabha election in 1977. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980. In 1986, an arrest warrant was issued against him. He was subsequently elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989, 1991 and 1996 as well. In 2002, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He won the Dumka Lok Sabha seat in a by-election the same year and resigned his Rajya Sabha seat. He was re-elected in 2004. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Jamtara district is one of the twenty-two districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Jamtara is the administrative headquarters of this district. ... The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ... The Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] (Hindi: , English: ), created in 1980, is a major Indian political party. ... Dumka is a city and a municipality in and headquarters of Dumka district in the state of Jharkhand, India. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He became the Union Coal Minister in the Manmohan Singh government (2004–2009), but was asked to resign following an arrest warrant in his name in a thirty year old case of killing 11 people in Chirrudih. After the warrant was issued, he initially went underground. He resigned on 24 July 2004. He is a member of the Lok Sabha representing Dumka, Jharkhand elected for the sixth time to the Lok Sabha in 2004. He was re-inducted into the Union Cabinet and given back the coal ministry on 27 November 2004. Dr. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: , Hindi: ) is the 17th and current Prime Minister of India. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... Dumka is a city and a municipality in and headquarters of Dumka district in the state of Jharkhand, India. ... , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 2 March 2005, he was invited to form the government in Jharkhand by the Governor of Jharkhand, Syed Sibtey Razi and appointed as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He resigned on 11 March following his failure to obtain a vote of confidence in the assembly. is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Motion of Confidence is a motion of support proposed by a government in a parliament to give members of parliament a chance to register their confidence for a government by means of a parliamentary vote. ...

Life imprisonment and Acquittal

On 28 November 2006, Soren was found guilty of murder in the twelve year old case of the kidnapping, sodomizing and then killing his former personal secretary Shashinath Jha. Apparently Jha was abducted from the Dhaula Kuan area in the Delhi on May 22, 1994 and taken to Piska Nagari village near Ranchi where he was killed. The CBI chargesheet stated that Jha was 'killed' as he knew about the alleged JMM-Congress deal to save the Narasimha Rao government in the July 1993 no-confidence motion and was demanding his share in the deal^[1]. is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Delhi (Hindi: , Punjabi: , Urdu: ) sometimes referred to as Dilli, is the second-largest metropolis in India after Mumbai with a population of 13 million. ... , For the ship, see SS Ranchi. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (June 28, 1921 - December 23, 2004) was the ninth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ...

Soren has resigned from his post of Union Minister for Coal after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanded that he do so in the wake of the verdict. This is the first case of a Union Minister of the Government of India being found guilty of involvement in a murder. On 5 December 2006, Shibu Soren was sentenced to life imprisonment. List of the Council of Indian ministers in the Manmohan Singh government elected in 2004: // Cabinet ministers Dr. Manmohan Singh - Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Dr. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: , Hindi: ) is the 17th and current Prime Minister of India. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Soren is currently in the Jharkhand jail, where he is undergoing a trial for the mass murder of eleven non-tribals in the Chirrudih village in the 70s.

Recently a Delhi court rejected his bail plea, stating: 'We cannot overlook the fact that the appellant (Soren) has been convicted after a detailed and elaborate trial only in November 2006 and sentenced in December 2006.'^[2] The bench also noted that he was also being tried in a number of other cases, including the case of mass murder in Jharkhand.

Subsequently however, the court pulled up the prosecuting attorney, R M Tiwari of the (Central Bureau of Investigation), for "not doing its homework" and presenting weak evidence^[3]. This is being viewed by some as an attempt by the government to let him off by bungling the prosecution. ^[4] The CBI emblem. ...

On June 25, 2007, Shibu Soren was being escroted to his jail in Dumka, Jharkhand when his convoy was attacked by bombs^[5], but no one was hurt. Dumka is a city and a municipality in and headquarters of Dumka district in the state of Jharkhand, India. ... , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ...

On August 22, 2007, Mr. Soren was acquitted of the murder charges for which he had first been convicted. Four others that were linked to the murder were also acquitted.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} PTI. "Shibu Soren guilty in murder case, quits cabinet", rediff.com, November 28, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-12. 
2. ^ Shibu Soren's bail plea rejected (2007-03-14). Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
3. ^ Abhinav Garg. "HC slams CBI for failing to counter Soren challenge", Times of India, 29 May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-03. 
4. ^ Center Trying to Get Shibu Soren Off the Hook
5. ^ "Shibu Soren escapes bomb attack", India Abroad News Service IANS, Monday June 25, 03:30 PM. Retrieved on 2007-07-26. 

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External links

• Controversies have always tailed Shibu Soren - 123bharath.com article dated 20 July 2004
• Jharkhand cops chasing Union minister with arrest warrant - rediff.com article dated 21 July 2004
• Shibu Soren goes underground - Mid Day article dated 21 July 2004
• PM asks Shibu Soren to resign - Indian Express article dated 24 July 2004
• Shibu Soren resigns after arrest warrant - Yahoo! India News story dated 24 July 2004
• Shibu Soren: from farmer's son to fugitive minister - 123bharath.com article dated 24 July 2004
• Shibu Soren appointed as Chief Minister of Jharkhand - Indiainfo.com article dated 2 March 2004
• Shibu Soren sworn in as Jharkhand CM - rediff.com article dated 2 March 2004
• Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website
• News timeline for Shibu Soren