The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday filed a chargesheet before a court against Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain and others in an alleged money laundering case.
According to sources, the ED prosecution complaint has named Satyender Jain, his wife Poonam Jain, Vaibhav Jain, Ankush Jain, Ajit Prasad Jain and Sunil Jain, including four private firms as accused. The above-mentioned are accused of violations under sections of the money laundering Act.
Special Judge Geetanjali Goel on Wednesday posted the matter for July 29, 2022 on the point of cognizance. The trial court also examined the interim bail plea of Satyender Jain on basis of medical grounds. Jain is currently in judicial custody.
The ED had initiated a money-laundering investigation on the basis of a First Information Report registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 24 August 2017 under Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against Satyendar Jain, Poonam Jain, Ajit Prasad Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain, Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain.
The CBI filed a chargesheet on 3 December 2018 against Satyendar Kumar Jain, Poonam Jain, Ajit Prasad Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain, Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain.
The chargesheet mentioned that Satyendar Jain, while holding the office as a Minister in the Government of Delhi, during the period from 14 February 14 to 31 May 2017, had acquired assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Jain was arrested after the ED attached immovable properties worth Rs 4.81 crore, in April, owned by the private firms companies under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in connection with the disproportionate asset and money laundering case registered against Jain, his wife Poonam Jain, and others.