New Delhi: Former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Satyendar Jain, who has been arrested in reference to a cash laundering case, was taken to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi as he was feeling ‘unwell’, the information company PTI reported on Monday. Jain has been lodged in Tihar Jail since his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to a cash laundering case in May.
Earlier final week, the Supreme Court sought the response of the ED on the bail plea of Satyendar Jain in a cash laundering case being probed by the company. A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli issued discover to the ED and granted liberty to Jain to maneuver earlier than the holiday bench for reduction.
Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, showing for Jain, mentioned the previous minister has misplaced 35 kg and just about grew to become a skeleton. He can also be affected by numerous illnesses.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, showing for the ED, mentioned they’re on caveat and opposing the plea.
The bench, which didn’t give any particular date, mentioned Jain can method the holiday bench of the highest court docket for reduction.
On April 6, the Delhi High Court had dismissed the bail plea of Jain in a cash laundering case noting the witnesses’ declare that he was the conceptualiser, initiator, and fund supplier within the alleged crime.
The excessive court docket mentioned the senior AAP chief was an influential particular person having the potential to tamper with proof.
The ED had arrested Jain within the cash laundering case primarily based on a CBI FIR registered in opposition to him in 2017 beneath the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was granted common bail by a trial court docket on September 6, 2019, within the case registered by the CBI.
In 2022, the trial court docket had taken cognisance of the prosecution grievance (cost sheet) filed by the ED in opposition to Jain, his spouse, and eight others, together with the 4 companies, in reference to the cash laundering case.
