Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 1: In a letter to Delhi L-G VK Saxena, imprisoned conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar claims that Satyendar Jain, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister, received Rs 10 crore from him as “protection money.”
Conman Sukesh claimed in the letter that he had known the AAP chief since 2015. According to the letter, the AAP received a total payment of Rs 50 crore after promising him a key party position in south India.
“After my arrest in 2017, I was lodged in Tihar Jail and was visited multiple times by Satyendar Jain, who held the portfolio of jail minister… In 2019 again, I was visited by Jain, whose secretary asked me to pay Rs 2 crore every month as protection money and to get basic facilities inside the jail,” the letter of Chandrashekhar read.
Chandrashekhar asserted that he told a CBI investigation team about the payments paid to Jain, the AAP, and D-G Prisons last month. He also allegedly petitioned the Delhi High Court to request a CBI investigation. Sukesh said that Satyendra Jain had threatened him and asked to have the complaint dropped. He also claimed that he had been harassed and physically abused.
Notably, Sukesh Chandrashekhar is detained in Delhi’s Mandoli jail on charges that he tried to extort cash from prominent figures and celebrities. He was initially detained at Tihar jail, but after making numerous requests, he was moved. He had stated that the Tihar prison had threatened him with death.
According to sources, L-G VK Saxena of Delhi forwarded the letter to the chief secretary of the AAP government for further action. The home department of the Delhi government will take further action in the case because it involves the Tihar jail.
In connection with a money laundering investigation, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) also detained Delhi’s health minister Satyendra Jain in May of this year.
