ED Files Chargesheet Against AAP Leader Satyendar Jain In Money Laundering Case

It is being alleged by the CBI that Jain had acquired assets that are disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain. (File Photo/ PTI)

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed chargesheet against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain and others in an alleged money laundering case. According to reports, special Judge Geetanjali Goel is most likely to take up the matter later in the day. The development comes weeks after the Central agency had initiated a money laundering investigation against Jain based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 24, 2017, under the sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Jain is currently in judicial custody. He has been arrested under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

It is being alleged by the CBI that Jain had acquired assets that are disproportionate to his known sources of income. He bought the asssets while holding the office as a Minister in the Government of Delhi, during the period February 14, 2015, to May 31, 2017. 

On Tuesday, ED moved Delhi High Court seeking directions that the medical examination of be done at an independent hospital instead of the city government run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital. The AAP leader is admitted in the LNJP as he complained of medical issues.

The Central agency sought the medical evaluation of Jain to be done at hospitals like AIIMS, RML, or Safdarjung Hospital, instead of the present health facility. On June 27, a special CBI court extended the judicial custody of by 14 days.

Jain, his wife and others are accused of offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act. On March 31, the ED provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 4.81 crore belonging to companies beneficially owned and controlled by the minister.

ED had even conducted raids at multiple locations belonging to Jain, his wife and his accomplices in June where it recovered Rs 2.85 crore in cash and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg.