On Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) confirmed attaching assets worth ₹7.44 crore linked to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyender Jain.
The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) with a provisional order issued on September 15, as confirmed by ED.
The case against Jain involves allegations of possessing benami properties and disproportionate assets.
According to investigators, Jain and his wife, Poonam Jain, along with others, are accused of acquiring assets beyond known sources of income between 2015 and 2017.
During these two years Satyender was also serving as a minister in the Delhi government.
This is not the first time ED has taken action against him. In 2022, the agency had attached assets worth ₹4.81 crore in the same case.
Recently, Jain secured relief from a Delhi court in a separate graft case after the CBI submitted a closure report.
That case was linked to awarding a tender to a private company while he was the Public Works Department Minister.
The fresh ED move is likely to intensify the political debate, with AAP earlier accusing central agencies of targeting its leaders.
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