A Rouse Avenue court on Monday has extended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain's judicial custody by another 14 days in connection with a money laundering case. Special Judge Gitanjali Goel will on Tuesday hear Jain’s bail application. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which had filed its reply to the bail application, sought a day’s time to argue the matter citing voluminous records in the case.
Jain was arrested by ED in connection with an alleged hawala transaction related to a Kolkata-based company.
The ED filed a money laundering case against the AAP leader based on an FIR filed by the CBI in August 2017 against him and others on charges of alleged possession of disproportionate assets.
On the last date of hearing, when Jain was produced, the Delhi minister claimed that he felt suffocated. It was stated that he was a sleep apnea patient and required a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine to help aid in his breathing but despite his request, ED officials took him to the office instead of the hospital. The court said in such circumstances, the ED medically examines him and, if advised, takes him to a hospital. The Central Bureau of Investigation had registered a case in 2017 under Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of the PC Act, 1988 against Jain, his wife Poonam Jain, Ajit Prasad Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain, Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain, following which, the ED had initiated investigation into the case.
