On May 30, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering case.
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Health Minister Satyendar Jain’s wife Poonam Jain in connection with the money laundering case. Poonam Jain’s bail was granted by the Rouse Avenue court which will hear minister Satyendar Jain’s bail plea on August 27 as the minister had moved a fresh application for bail on which the court had heard part arguments on Saturday.
On May 30, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering case. The agency had alleged Jain’s involvement in hawala transactions with a Kolkata-based firm in 2015-16.
The probe agency had registered a case in this regard in 2017 against the Delhi minister and his family accusing of their involvement in money laundering up to Rs 1.62 crore. The agency has alleged that the minister and his family have formed four shell firms – companies with no real business – to launder Rs 11.78 crore in 2011-12 and Rs 4.63 crore in 2015-16.
His arrest had witnessed sharp reactions from his party leaders. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had tweeted, “A fake case is being run against Satyendra Jain for 8 years. Till now ED has been called many times. In between, ED stopped calling for many years as they did not get anything. Now started again because Satyendar Jain is the election in-charge of Himachal.”
Earlier in January, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had ‘predicted’ arrest of his minister. Kejriwal, in a press conference, had said, “Modi govt is planning to arrest our Minister @SatyendarJain right before Punjab elections. We welcome them, they can send ED, CBI etc & arrest anyone they want, including me. We’re not afraid as we haven’t done anything wrong.”
