Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 9: Delhi minister Satyendar Jain who was detained in a suspected money laundering case, will be held in ED custody until June 13th (Monday).
During a recent raid at Jain’s premises, the Enforcement Directorate told the court that it had obtained several incriminating documents and digital data against the AAP leader, and that it was requesting five-day detention of him.
On June 7, the assets were confiscated during a search operation at the homes of Satyendar Jain, his wife Poonam Jain, and their associates.
The inquiry agency’s attorney, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, told the court that the agency needed to confront Jain with certain papers.
“Satyender Jain is a slow writer and is taking almost two hours to write one page. ED wants him to write statement in his own hand writing cos otherwise he will deny content of statement written,” said ASG SV Raju.
Notably, the national agency’s investigation is based on a 2017 case in which the AAP leader and his wife Poonam Jain were accused of amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs.1.47 crore between February 2015 and May 2017, which was more than double their known sources of income. After four hours of questioning on Monday, the Delhi minister was arrested on May 30 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), during which he allegedly offered evasive answers on the money trail.
