Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain Arrested In Money-Laundering Case

New Delhi: Delhi’s Health minister Satyendar Jain was on Monday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money-laundering case.

Last month, ED had provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 4.81 crore belonging to companies allegedly linked to Jain and his family members.

The ED case is based on a 2017 FIR of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Jain under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

According to the CBI complaint, Jain could not explain source of funds received by four companies in which he was a shareholder. A case was registered against Jain, his wife and four others.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) described it as a fake case.

“A fake case is being run against Satyendra Jain for 8 years. Till now, ED has summoned him many times. After a while, the ED stopped calling him for many years, since they did not have anything against him. Now, they have started again because Satyendra Jain is the election in-charge of Himachal Pradesh,” Delhi deputy CM Manish Siosdia said.

“The BJP is losing badly in Himachal Pradesh. That is why Satyendra Jain has been arrested today — so that he cannot travel to Himachal. He will be released in a few days as the case is completely fake,” Sisodia added.