(File) Satyendar Jain being taken to court in Delhi | PTI
The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at places related to Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering case charged against him.
Quoting officials, PTI reported that the agency is conducting searches at 10 places in the National Capital region in connection with the case. The agency had earlier conducted searches at premises related to Jain and alleged close associates and seized over Rs.2 Crore in cash and over 1 kilo of gold.
The ED tweeting on the searches said, “ ED has conducted searches on 6.6.2022 under PMLA,2002 at the premises of Satyendar Kumar Jain and others. Various incriminating documents, digital records, cash amounting to Rs. 2.85 Crore and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg in total from unexplained source have been seized.”
The ED arrested Jain on May 30 after the agency took a case in relation with a CBI case registered in 2017. The minister is accused of laundering money through four companies in which he is a shareholder. A Delhi Court extended Jain's judicial custody by 14 days recently.
