The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on May 30 arrested Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering case.
New Delhi: In a major setback to Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain, High Court on Saturday rejected his plea to transfer the money laundering case against him to another court. The Delhi Minister, who is in jail in connection with a money laundering case, had challenged a lower court’s order in the High Court.
According to the report, High Court Justice said that all facts were duly considered by the Principal District and Session’s Judge while transferring the case, which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), and it cannot be held that the decision suffered from any illegality or needed interference.
“The question is not of an integrity or uprightness of the judge but is of an apprehension in the mind of a party. The petition is, therefore, dismissed,” the court said in its order.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on May 30 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.
The ED had on June 7 seized Rs 2.85 crore in cash and 133 gold coins during series of raid at Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, his aides and relatives. The probe agency had conducted searches at several locations including jewellery shop in connection with the money laundering case in which the minister was arrested earlier.
