Delhi minister booked

The CBI registered a case against Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with the allegations of illegal transaction of Rs 16.41 crore through four companies associated with him.

Besides the minister, his wife Poonam and ‘associates’ Ajeet Prasad Jain, Vaibhav Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain and Ankush Jain are also named in the FIR. Four companies — Prayas Info Solution, Akinchan Developers, Managalyatan Projects and Indo Metal Impex Pvt Ltd — also figure in the FIR registered on Friday.

The AAP charged the CBI with registering a “completely false case” against Jain at the behest of the BJP-led government at the Centre in a desperate bid to divert attention from the “shameless violence” in Haryana.

“The CBI has no evidence against Jain and it is allowing itself to be misused as a political weapon of the central government, which has been leaking same old and false information to defame him and his family,” it said.

The CBI, in April, had started a preliminary enquiry against Jain, which has now been converted into a regular case. “It has been alleged that the minister, while functioning as a public servant, has amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income to the extent of Rs 1.62 crore during the period 14 February 2015 to 31 May 2017. His wife and associates have reportedly abetted the commission of the said offence,” the CBI statement said.

During the preliminary enquiry, the CBI claimed it had found that Jain and his associates were involved in money laundering to the tune of Rs 4.63 crore through shell companies based in Delhi during 2015-16.