ED conducts raids in money-laundering case against Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain
New Delhi, June 17
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting searches at multiple locations here in connection with the case against arrested Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Sources said raids are being conducted at nearly 10 residential and official premises linked to several property dealers and other business entities.
The 57-year-old Jain was arrested by the ED on May 30 under the criminal Sections of the PMLA and is in judicial custody at present.
Jain, a minister without portfolio in the AAP Government in Delhi, is being probed by the agency under the PMLA on charges of alleged hawala dealings.
Earlier, the ED had on March 31, 2022, provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 4.81 crore belonging to companies beneficially owned and controlled by Jain.