Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been arrested in the money laundering case.
satyendra jain money laundering caseThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested two businessmen Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain in connection with a money laundering probe against Delhi minister Satyendar Jain. Both have been detained under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He was arrested after interrogation. The agency had raided the duo last month on charges of being Jain’s “business associates” as part of the probe.
57-year-old Satyendar Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on May 30 under criminal sections of the PMLA and is currently in judicial custody. Jain is a minister without portfolio in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government. Establishing his links with the entities in the case, he was ‘faced with incriminating evidence’.
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