Satyendar Jain money laundering case ED conducts raids at around 10 locations in national capital region

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Satyendar Jain, arrested in connection with a money laundering case, being taken to the Rouse Avenue court, in New Delhi.

Highlights

ED conducts raids at around 10 locations in Delhi-NCR
Satyendar Jain was arrested by ED on May 30 under PMLA
Agency had claimed to have seized "unexplained" cash worth Rs 2.85 crore

Satyendar Jain money laundering case: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday morning conducted raids at around 10 residential and business locations in the national capital region in connection with a money laundering case against Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and his associates.

57-year-old Delhi minister was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on May 30 under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and is in judicial custody at present.

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The agency had claimed to have seized "unexplained" cash worth Rs 2.85 crore and 133 gold coins after similar raids were conducted against Jain's family and others after his arrest. Jain, a minister without a portfolio in the Kejriwal government, is being probed by the agency under the PMLA on charges of alleged hawala dealings.