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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of arrested Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain to four days in a hawala transactions case involving Kolkata based companies.
Special Judge Geetanjali Goel extended Jain’s custody till June 13 on the ED’s application. The ED has sought five-day custody of Jain.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED informed the court that during Jain’s custody, the ED conducted searches at several places and recovered incriminating material, including cash and documents etc.
Jain was arrested by the ED in connection with the case on May 30 and was produced before a Delhi court on Thursday, as his ED custody ended today.
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After searches on June 6, the ED said that those raided “either directly or indirectly assisted (the minister) or participated in the process of money laundering.” The cash and coins were “unexplained” and were kept in a “secret” place, ED had said in a statement.
Various incriminating documents and digital records were also recovered, the agency said.
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The agency said those raided include Jain’s wife Poonam Jain, his business associates Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain, Naveen Jain, and Siddharth Jain (directors of Ram Prakash Jewellers Pvt Ltd), GS Matharoo (chairman of Lala Sher Singh Jivan Vigyan Trust which runs Prudence group of schools), Yogesh Kumar Jain (director in Ram Prakash Jewellers Pvt Ltd), father-in-law of Ankush Jain and Lala Sher Singh Jivan Vigyan Trust.
The ED had registered a case of money laundering on the basis of an FIR registered by CBI in August 2017 against Jain, Poonam Jain, Ajit Prasad Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain, Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain.
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The CBI had filed a chargesheet on December 3, 2018, against Jain, Poonam Jain, Ajit Prasad Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain, Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain wherein it has been stated that the AAP leader while holding the office as a Minister in the government of Delhi, during the period February 14, 2015, to May 31, 2017, had acquired assets which are disproportionate to his known sources of income.
CBI has accused Jain, his wife and his business associates – Ajit Prasad Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain, Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain – of commission of offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
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The ED had earlier attached immovable properties worth Rs 4.81 crore belonging to companies beneficially owned and controlled by Jain on March 31 this year.
Jain was arrested on May 30 under section 19 of the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA), and he is presently in ED custody till June 9.
A fresh war of words had erupted between the ruling BJP at the centre and the AP. The AAP has accused the BJP of misusing the central agencies to harass the political opponents.
