Satyendar Jain received massage in Tihar jail, CCTV footage shows

CCTV footage of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, who is lodged in Tihar jail in a money laundering case, emerged on Saturday, showing the AAP leader getting a massage.

In the footage, shared by ANI, Jain (58), who is in judicial custody over money laundering charges, can be seen reading some documents and a man in a white T-shirt massaging his legs.

The Delhi Prisons department comes under the AAP-led city government. Earlier this week, a Tihar jail superintendent was suspended for alleged involvement in providing special treatment to Jain in the prison.

Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had told a Special PMLA court that Jain was enjoying luxurious facilities at Tihar jail.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had ordered inquiry into the matter, post which Jail Superintendent of Tihar Jail, Ajit Kumar, a DANICS official was earlier placed under suspension.

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"He has prima facie been found to have committed irregularities that warrant inquiry," read a recent order of the L-G.

As of now, no official has commented on the matter in connection with the video.

Jain was arrested on May 30 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

He was accused of being in de-facto control of shell companies used for alleged money laundering, and the co-accused persons Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain were just dummies.

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The ED initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of the CBI's FIR lodged against various suspects including Udai Shanker Awasthi, MD IFFCO, Pankaj Jain, Promoter of Jyoti Trading Corporation and Rare Earth Group, Dubai, Amarendra Dhari Singh and others.

Earlier this month, Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel was transferred from the Tihar Jail, days after incarcerated conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar alleged extortion of Rs 10 crore for protection in prison by Goel and Jain.

The AAP had dismissed the allegations as "absurd and baseless".

The ED had arrested Jain and two others on May 30 in the money laundering case based on a CBI FIR in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The AAP minister has been accused of having laundered money through four companies allegedly linked to him.

(With agency inputs)