Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain sent to ED Custody till June 9 in Money Laundering Case- What will happen next?

Delhi Health Minister Arrest: Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain has been sent to Enforcement Directorate custody till June 9th in an alleged money laundering case. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a case connected to hawala transactions related to a Kolkata-based company on May 30, 2022. The Enforcement Department attached properties worth almost Rs 4.81 crore of the family and companies owned and controlled by the Delhi Minister in April 2022.

Delhi minister Satyendar Jain sent to Enforcement Directorate custody till 9th June in an alleged money laundering case

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— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2022

The ED said that it has issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for the attachment of the assets. The ED statement read, "attached immovable properties worth Rs 4.81 crore belong to Akinchan Developers Pvt. Ltd., Indo Metal Impex Pvt Ltd, Paryas Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd., Manglayatan Projects Pvt. Ltd., J.J. Ideal Estate Pvt. Ltd., Swati Jain, wife of Vaibhav Jain, Sushila Jain, wife of Ajit Prasad Jain, and Indu Jain, wife of Sunil Jain."

The Minister had had reportedly floated or bought several shell companies in Delhi and also allegedly laundered black money amounting to almost Rs 16.39 crore through 54 shell companies in Kolkata.  Satyender Jain is a  Minister of Health, Home, Power, Industries, Water, Urban Development and Irrigation and flood control in the Delhi Government. He is one the seven cabinet ministers under the Delhi government led by Arvind Kejriwal. He is currently serving his third term as the Delhi Health Minister. 

The money laundering case against the AAP minister dates back to an FIR filed against him and few others by the CBI in August 2017 on charges of alleged possession of disproportionate assets.

Enforcement Directorate arrests Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in a case connected to hawala transactions related to a Kolkata-based company: Officials pic.twitter.com/7zBWfUiAAF

— ANI (@ANI) May 30, 2022

Satyendar Jain arrested in Fake Case: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted saying that the arrest of the Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain was made in a 'fake' case with an eye on the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly Polls, where Jain is the AAP's in-charge.

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