New Delhi (TIP)- Satyendar Jain, Delhi’s health minister, was sent to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate till June 9, a day he was arrested by the agency in a money laundering case.
Jain, who holds various portfolios, including health, home and power, in the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi, was produced in the Rouse Avenue Court.
Special judge Geetanjali Goel remanded Jain in ED’s custody, noting that his custodial interrogation was required to unearth the larger conspiracy. Jain was represented by senior advocate N Hari Haran, while the solicitor general Tushar Mehta appeared for the central agency.
Hours ago, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the ED case against his cabinet colleague is a fraud one (farzi), adding that his government “is honest and does not tolerate corruption”.
“We have faith in judiciary. This farzi (fake) case won’t last. We are following the path of truth,” Kejriwal told reporters.
In January, ahead of the Punjab Assembly election, Kejriwal had said he had learnt from sources that Jain could be arrested by the ED.
The central agency’s probe is based on a 2017 case of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in which it was alleged that the AAP leader and his wife Poonam Jain had amassed disproportionate assets worth ?1.47 crore between February 2015 and May 2017, which was more than double their known sources of income.
The Delhi minister was arrested under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after around four hours of questioning on Monday, during which he reportedly gave evasive replies on the money trail.
Source: HT
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Satyendar Jain, Delhi health minister, sent to ED custody till June 9
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Decision on 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Davinder Pal Bhullar’s release deferred
New Delhi (TIP)- The Sentence Review Board (SRB) headed by Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday, March 2, deferred the decision on the early release of Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar, a 1993 Delhi bomb blast case convict who is currently lodged in Amritsar jail.
The matter has been put off till the next SRB meeting, said a Delhi government official. The demand by Sikh groups for Bhullar’s release had gained ground ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab. The seven members of the Board include the director general of Tihar prison, secretaries of Home and Law departments and director of social welfare department of the Delhi government, a district judge and a senior Delhi Police officer. Bhullar was convicted in connection with the killing of nine people and injuring of 31 in a bomb blast in 1993 in Delhi. Among those who survived the attack is former Youth Congress chief M S Bitta. Bhullar was sentenced to death by a designated TADA court on August 25, 2001. He is undergoing life imprisonment after the Supreme Court commuted his death sentence.