Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain arrested for money laundering

New Delhi,  May 31

The Enforcement Directorate arrested Delhi Health Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain in a hawala transactions case.

Jain is the minister for power, home, PWD, industries, urban development, flood, irrigation and water in the Delhi government, apart from heading the crucial health ministry.

The ED had attached assets linked to Jain worth over Rs. Four crores were attached by ED. 

Jain is accused of receiving money from shell companies in lieu of the cash transferred via hawala.

The case against Jain stems from an August 2017 FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against him and others on charges of alleged possession of disproportionate assets.

As per the case details, Jain purchased 200 bighas of agricultural land in the names of companies controlled by him in Delhi in five years preceding 2018 and “laundered black money” to the tune of several crores of rupees.

The laundered funds were allegedly used to purchase over 200 bighas of land in Auchandi, Bawana, Karala and Mohammed Mazvi villages in Delhi between 2010-16.

The officials added that Jain controlled these companies in the past either in the form of being one of the directors or by holding one-third of shares of these companies in his name or in the names of his family members or others.

The shell companies, through which Jain is accused of receiving kickbacks in lieu of the hawala transactions, were allegedly acquired by him in Delhi from 2009 to 2011.