ED registers money laundering case against Delhi Health Minister

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case of money laundering against Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain and others on the basis of an FIR filed by the CBI recently. 

The probe agency officials said the criminal case was registered against the minister under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and ED will probe the alleged proceeds of crime in the case. 

Jain and



others associated with him in the case will be summoned by the ED to record their statements. It will also identify his properties and that of other accused which could be attached under the PMLA. 

The CBI had earlier said that Jain could not explain the source of funds received by four companies in which he is a shareholder. It had registered a case against him, his wife and four others on charges of money laundering.