NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi's Health Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering case, officials said.
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According to senior ED officials related to the probe, Jain was arrested by the agency under the sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after a few hours of questioning.
They alleged he was "evasive" in his replies. The minister is expected to be produced before a designated court on Tuesday.
The ED official also confirmed that the Shakur Basti MLA was arrested in connection with hawala transactions related to a Kolkata-based company.
In April this year, the financial probe agency already attached properties worth Rs 4.81 crore of the family and companies "beneficially owned and controlled by the Delhi Cabinet minister in connection with a money-laundering probe.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's January prediction about the imminent arrest of his Health minister came true on Monday.
"From our sources, we have got to know that right before Punjab polls, in the coming few days, the ED is going to arrest (Delhi Health and Home minister) Satyendar Jain. They are most welcome. Previously too, the Centre had conducted raids on Satyendar Jain but got nothing," Kejriwal had said this in January.
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