Ranchi, Dec. 28 -- Leader of the Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jharkhand unit president Babulal Marandi on Sunday urged chief minister Hemant Soren to enact a strict law mandating the investigation of not only officers but also the assets of all their close relatives.

Marandi, a former chief minister and a Union minister, justified the demand for the law by presenting the example of senior IAS officer Vinay Kumar Choubey, whose family members and close relatives have come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the state probe agency ACB after he was arrested and sent to jail on May 20 this year in connection with three fraud cases, including the liquor scam.

"If your intentions are clear, then enact a st...