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CBI Interrogates Satyendar Jain In Tihar Jail In Delhi Excise Policy Scam Case


CBI interrogates Satyendar Jain in Tihar prison in Delhi Special policy scam

Satyendar Jain is currently in Tihar prison for his involvement in a money laundering case. (Document)

New Delhi:

The CBI has questioned Delhi minister Satyendar Jain at Delhi’s Tihar Prison in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam, his lawyer said today.

The lawyer said the investigating agency referred the application to Special Judge MK Nagpal last Friday on the matter, and the same has been authorized.

Mohd Irshad said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned the politician on Monday following a court order.

Satyendar Jain is currently in Tihar prison in connection with a money laundering case registered by the Department of Enforcement (ED).

However, he is not the defendant in the excise scam.

The lawyer said the CBI also questioned Vijay Nair, AAP’s communications officer, who is also being held in Tihar Prison in relation to the money laundering under the special policy.

Mr. Nair had previously been released on bail in the excise fraud case.

The Executive Directorate, contained in its additional charge sheet, stated that the investigation conducted under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has so far revealed that the Consumption Tax Policy of Delhi, 2021-22 was created by top leaders of AAP to continuously generate and transfer illicit funds to themselves.

The money laundering case, in which Mr Jain is in judicial custody, was initiated on the basis of the FIR registered by the CBI. The FIR alleged that Jain, while serving as a minister in the Government of Delhi, between February 14, 2015 and May 31, 2017, acquired assets disproportionate to his income. know his.

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