New Delhi

A special CBI court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain for the next 14 days in a money laundering case. Jain was produced from the hospital through video conference.

Jain’s judicial custody was extended following the Enforcement Directorate’s plea.

He has been directed to be produced before the court next on July 11.

The Court on June 18 had dismissed his bail plea noting the seriousness of the allegation and ongoing investigation in the case. The Court also observed that it cannot be ruled out that the accused can influence witnesses in the case.

Satyendar Jain was arrested on May 30, 2022, by Enforcement Directorate (ED). He was sent into judicial custody on 13 June 2022 after ED interrogation.

ED questioned him on the basis of a case registered by the CBI in 2017 against Jain, his wife, and 4 other accused persons.

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CBI has alleged that Jain while posted as Minister in the Delhi government between February 2015 to May 2017, acquired assets to the tune of more than one crore in his name and in the names of his family members, which were disproportionate to his known source of income.