ED raids Delhi minister Satyendar Jain's residence in connection with hawala transactions case

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday raided the residence of Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain and other locations in connection with hawala transactions related to a Kolkata-based company. The raids came after few days after the arrest of the minister.

Satyendar Jain was arrested by the ED on May 30 and was sent to custody till June 9 for "interrogation to unearth the alleged larger conspiracy". He was charged under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Meanwhile, apart from Jain's residential premises, the agency is carrying out searches in some other locations too as part of a "follow up" in the case.

The charges against the minister didn’t go well with the AAP chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Last week the Delhi CM came in defense of Jain by terming him as a "hardcore patriot and an honest person and the allegations against him are completely false."

"I have personally read Satyendra Jain’s case filed by the ED and it is completely fake. All the actions that have been taken by centrally maintained agencies are politically motivated. And in this case, also Jain has been targeted because of political reasons. We have a very honest government, which neither tolerates nor does corruption. This case will not last long, the truth always wins in the end. We have faith in our judiciary," Kejriwal said.