₹2.85 crore cash, gold coins seized after raids on Satyendar Jain, others: ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said it seized ₹2.85 crore of cash and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) from unexplained sources to be secreted on the premises of Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain and others during its day-long raid conducted on Monday.

The ED said those raided were “either directly or indirectly assisted” the minister in the process of money laundering. The cash and coins were “unexplained” and were kept in a “secret” place, it said in a statement.

Jain, 57, was arrested on May 30 under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and he is in ED custody till June 9.

The ED had conducted searches at about seven premises, including that of a jeweller, in Delhi and some neighbouring locations on Monday.

Jain, a minister without portfolio in the Arvind Kejriwal government, is being probed by the federal agency under the PMLA on charges of alleged hawala dealings.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was with full force behind the AAP. “You have the power of all agencies, but God is with us,” he tweeted.