New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has once again raided the houses and other premises of Delhi government minister Satyendar Jain, arrested on charges of money transfer through hawala. ED team raided seven places in Delhi on Monday. Significantly, Satyendra Jain is arrested in the money laundering case and is currently in the custody of the ED. Jain was arrested on May 30 and the court remanded him to ED custody till June 9.
The ED alleges that Satyendra Jain was not cooperating in the investigation, so he was arrested. Officials said on Monday that raids were conducted at Jain’s houses and some other places in Delhi. A case has been registered against Jain, his wife Poonam Jain and others in the case of disproportionate assets and money transactions through hawala. Jain had allegedly created or bought several fake companies in Delhi. It is alleged that he also transferred black money of 16.39 crores from three hawala operators in Kolkata through 54 fake companies.
In August 2017, the CBI had registered a case of hawala transactions against Satyendra Jain. The ED has arrested him in the same case. Last month, the ED had attached assets worth Rs 4.81 crore of the Jain family and companies linked to them. In 2018 also, ED had questioned Satyendra Jain in this case. However, after the arrest of Satyendar Jain, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has not removed him from the post but has handed over the charge of his portfolios to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
