🐈President Droupadi Murmu has granted the sanction to prosecute Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi minister, Satyendar Jain, in connection with a money-laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
💜The approval was granted on the recommendation of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which had sought the sanction based on an ED investigation and the presence of “adequate evidence.”
ﷺ60-year-old Jain, who previously held the portfolios of health, power, and other departments in Delhi, was arrested by the ED in May 2022.
ꦦThe case revolves around alleged hawala dealings, with Jain accused of being involved in money laundering activities. He was later charge-sheeted by the ED and released on bail in October 2024, after spending time in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.
ꦛThe sanction, granted under Section 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), is a necessary legal procedure for prosecuting public servants or judges for alleged offences committed while performing their official duties. Sources have confirmed that the ED will now file a supplementary chargesheet in court, updating the judiciary on the approval of the prosecution sanction by the President.
This development follows Jain’s involvement in a larger investigation stemming from an FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in August 2017. The FIR alleged that Jain had accumulated disproportionate assets, with a chargesheet filed by the CBI ⭕in December 2018. The chargesheet claimed that Jain's assets amounted to Rs 1.47 crore, which was 217 percent higher than his known income between 2015-2017.
ꦬJain’s political career has been marred by legal challenges, and in the recent Delhi assembly election, he lost the Shakur Basti seat to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Karnail Singh by nearly 21,000 votes.
