Satyendar Jain, the Delhi health minister, was arrested on Monday evening, according to top sources, for allegedly misleading the inquiry and transferring the proceeds of crime, a major offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). On Tuesday, the minister is set to appear in front of a designated court.
Jain was the subject of a money laundering probe after being charged under the PMLA, and properties linked to him and his family worth Rs 5 crore were attached on April 5 this year.
The BJP has arrested Jain to prevent him from going to Himachal (for campaigning) because the saffron party knows it is losing in the hill state, according to Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.
“The ED has been investigating this ‘fake’ case for eight years and has discovered no evidence against him (Jain),” Sisodia added.
meanwhile officials have said.
Last month, the agency announced that it had provisionally attached assets worth Rs 4.81 crore belonging to Jain’s family and entities “beneficially owned and managed” by him as part of a money-laundering investigation.
In connection with the matter, the ED questioned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader in 2018.
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