According to a report, the Enforcement Directorate conducted raids on arrested Delhi minister Satyendar Jain on Monday (June 6) as part of a money-laundering investigation. Officials told PTI that the raids, which included one at Jain's residence in Delhi and others, are being carried out as part of a "follow up" on the case.
Satyendra Jain, 57, was detained by the Enforcement Directorate on May 30 under the penal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. He will remain in detention till June 9.
In connection with hawala transactions involving a Kolkata-based company, ED searches are underway at the residence of Delhi's Health and Home Minister Satyendar Jain. The move came just days after Jain was arrested on May 30 by the Central Investigation Agency.
Following the ED's attachment of immovable properties worth Rs 4.81 crore owned by Akinchan Developers Pvt. Ltd., Pvt. Ltd, Indo Metal Impex Pvt. Ltd, and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in connection with a disproportionate asset and money laundering case registered against Jain, his wife Poonam Jain, and others in April of this year, Jain was arrested.