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ED had arrested Satyendar Jain in the alleged money laundering case. (Image: News18)
Special Judge Geetanjali Goel extended the ED custody of Vaibhav Jain, an alleged associate of Satyendar Jain, on an application by the probe agency.
A Delhi court on Wednesday extended till July 11 the custody of an accused in an alleged money laundering case against Delhi minister Satyendar Jain. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel extended the ED custody of Vaibhav Jain, an alleged associate of Satyendar Jain, on an application by the probe agency.
Meanwhile, the court sent another accused, Ankush Jain, to judicial custody. Both the accused were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) last week.
ED had arrested Satyendar Jain in the alleged money laundering case. He was detained under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED initiated money laundering probe against Satyendar Jain and others on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 24, 2017 under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The CBI alleged that Satyendar Jain had acquired assets disproportionate to his known sources of income while assuming charge as a minister in the Delhi government during the period February 14, 2015 to May 31, 2017.
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