https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/president-clears-prosecution-sanction-against-satyendar-jain-in-money-laundering-case-report-12944402.html

President Droupadi Murmu has reportedly granted prosecution sanction against Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain in the Enforcement Directorate probe.

Satyenar Jain was booked by the ED in a money-laundering case linked to alleged hawala dealings and was arrested in May 2022.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought AAP leader Satyendar Jain's response on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate seeking to defer arguments on framing of charges in a money laundering case against him.

The Union Home Ministry recently sought sanction under Section 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita to proceed with the case in court, claiming that there is adequate evidence against the AAP leader to implicate him on charges of laundering money through four shell companies allegedly linked to him.

The ED filed a case against Jain in a money-laundering matter linked to alleged hawala dealings and arrested him in May 2022. At the time, Jain held portfolios including health and power in the Delhi government.

Jain is currently out on bail and has been charge-sheeted by the central probe agency. The case stemmed from an August 2017 FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), accusing Jain and others of possessing disproportionate assets. The CBI's December 2018 chargesheet alleged that Jain's assets amounted to about Rs 1.47 crore, approximately 217 percent more than his known income during 2015-17.

In 2022, the trial court had taken cognisance of the prosecution complaint filed by the ED against Jain, his wife and eight others, including four firms, in connection with the money laundering case.