New Delhi

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested two close aides of Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering case.

Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain have been named in both the CBI and ED's cases.

Satyendar Jain was arrested on May 30 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail. His bail plea was dismissed by the court.

Satyendar Jain and his associates are facing a money-laundering investigation initiated by the ED on the basis of an FIR registered by CBI in 2017 against Jain, his wife Poonam Jain, Ajit Prasad Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain, Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain.

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A charge sheet was filed by the CBI on December 3, 2018, against Jain, his wife Poonam Jain, and the other accused. It was alleged that Jain, while holding office as a Minister in the Government of Delhi, during the period February 14, 2015 to May 31, 2017 had acquired assets which were disproportionate to his known sources of income.