Arrested by ED in money laundering case!
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case.
According to the information, Assets worth Rs 4.81 crore linked to the Aam Aadmi Party minister's family were attached by the ED in a disproportionate assets case in April this year.
Reacting to the arrest, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said: "A fake case is being run against Satyendra Jain for 8 years. Till now, ED has summoned him many times. After a while, the ED stopped calling him for many years, since they did not have anything against him. Now, they have started again because Satyendra Jain is the election in-charge of Himachal Pradesh."
"The BJP is losing badly in Himachal Pradesh. That is why Satyendra Jain has been arrested today - so that he cannot travel to Himachal. He will be released in a few days as the case is completely fake," Sisodia added.
The ED initiated a money-laundering investigation based on an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Satyendar Jain and others under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Mr. Kejriwal during an AAP rally in January this year had said his sources have told him that his colleague Satyendar Jain would likely be arrested by the Enforcement Directorate.
"From our sources, we have got to know that right before Punjab polls, in the coming few days, the ED is going to arrest Satyendar Jain. They are most welcome. Previously too, the centre had conducted raids on Satyendar Jain but got nothing," Mr Kejriwal had told reporters before the Punjab elections, which his Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, won.
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