New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday, June 18, dismissed the bail plea of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a five-year-old money laundering case.
Special Judge Geetanjli Goel denied the relief to Jain, saying the stage was not fit for grant of bail to him.
“The bail application is dismissed,” the judge said.
The court had reserved order after hearing arguments from Jain as well the ED.
The ED had arrested Jain on May 30 and taken him into custody under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had earlier called the case against Jain “completely fake and politically motivated”.
Jain’s arrest came at a time when Jain – as the AAP’s in charge of the poll-bound Himachal Pradesh – had been busy with the party’s organisational and political affairs.
In January, ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls, Kejriwal claimed he had learnt from sources that Jain could be arrested by the ED.
Portfolios held by him in the Delhi government were allocated to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia after his arrest.
(With PTI inputs)