New Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendra Jain’s difficulties are going to grow again. The President has approved to run a money laundering case against him. The file was sent by the Ministry of Home Affairs to seek permission to run a case against Jain, on which President Draupadi Murmu has signed. Earlier on 30 May 2022, the ED arrested Jain. Last year, on 18 October 2024, Rouse Avenue Court granted bail to Jain, since then he has been on bell.
In 2017, CBI had registered a case of disproportionate assets against former Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain under the Prevention of Corruption Act. After this, a case of money laundering came to light in this case. Then the ED started an investigation into the case on the basis of CBI’s FIR. The ED found evidence in the investigation that Jain used his companies for money laundering through shell companies through hawala. After this, the ED registered a case under the PMLA and arrested Satyendra Jain on 30 May 2022. The ED has also filed a charge sheet in this case. The Ministry of Home Affairs had demanded the President to run a court case against Satyendra Jain, citing enough evidence found on the basis of ED’s investigation.
Satyendra Jain was accused of illegal recovery even while staying in Tihar Jail. Some videos of Satyendra Jain’s Tihar Jail also went viral on social media. In which Satyendra Jain was lie down comfortably on the bed and was massaging the body with another prisoner. At the same time, in another video, Satyendra Jain was eating food brought from outside, while a person was pressing his legs.
