On Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) informed that it has seized Rs 2.82 crore of cash and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg from the premises of arrested Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain and his aides during day-long raids on Monday.
The ED said that those raided "either directly or indirectly assisted (the minister) or participated in the process of money laundering." The cash and coins were "unexplained" and were kept in a "secret" place, it said in a statement. Various incriminating documents and digital records were also recovered, the agency said.
"ED has conducted searches on 6.6.2022 under PMLA, 2002 at the premises of Satyendar Kumar Jain and others. Various incriminating documents, digital records, cash amounting to Rs. 2.85 crore and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg in total from unexplained source have been seized," the central agency tweeted, sharing images of the material recovered during the raids.
ED has conducted searches on 6.6.2022 under PMLA,2002 at the premises of Satyendar Kumar Jain and others. Various incriminating documents, digital records, cash amounting to Rs. 2.85 Crore and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg in total from unexplained source have been seized. pic.twitter.com/WYSDPkPrXN
— ED (@dir_ed) June 7, 2022
On Monday, the ED conducted searches at seven different locations in Delhi and surrounding areas, including a jeweller's.
The agency said those raided include Jain's wife Poonam Jain, his business associates Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain, Naveen Jain, and Siddharth Jain (directors of Ram Prakash Jewellers Pvt Ltd), G S Matharoo (chairman of Lala Sher Singh Jivan Vigyan Trust which runs Prudence group of schools), Yogesh Kumar Jain (director in Ram Prakash Jewellers Pvt Ltd), father-in-law of Ankush Jain and Lala Sher Singh Jivan Vigyan Trust.
Earlier on May 30, Jain was arrested by ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. He was sent to ED’s custody by the trial court on May 31.
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