Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 6: In a money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at numerous locations linked to Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and alleged hawala operators.
Notably, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on May 30 in a money laundering case. In April this year, the ED attached properties worth Rs 4.81 crore belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party minister’s family in a disproportionate assets case. Jain will be detained by the ED till June 9.
Satyendar Jain was allegedly involved in hawala transactions with a Kolkata-based firm in 2015-16, according to the ED. Based on an FIR lodged by the CBI in August 2017 on charges of alleged ownership of excessive assets, the financial investigation agency initiated a money laundering case.
