New Delhi: The Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) has given approval for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry towards Satyendar Jain, a senior chief of the Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP), below the Prevention of Corruption Act, information company PTI reported.
Jain, at the moment lodged in jail in reference to a cash laundering case, was accused of allegedly extorting Rs 10 crore from an inmate, Sukesh Chandrashekhar, in alternate for offering safety throughout the jail.
Reacting to this growth, AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar condemned the transfer, attributing it to what she described because the “vindictive and vendetta-filled politics” of the BJP. Kakkar mentioned that Jain, identified for introducing the extensively acclaimed Mohalla Clinic idea in Delhi, is being “unfairly focused”.
“The vindictive and vendetta-filled politics of BJP has now reached a brand new low {that a} infamous conman’s phrase is believed and accepted because the gospel reality towards an individual who gave the world Delhi’s well-known Mohalla Clinic idea,” PTI quoted Kakkar as saying.
Earlier than his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in Could 2022, Jain held a number of vital portfolios within the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi authorities, together with Well being.
Alongside Jain, former director common of Tihar prisons Sandeep Goel, and several other different workers members are implicated within the allegations of demanding and extorting “safety cash” from high-profile inmates inside Delhi jails.
The MHA’s approval for the CBI inquiry towards Jain was granted on March 22. Following this, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena forwarded the matter to the chief secretary for additional applicable motion, PTI reported.
The initiation of the inquiry follows a criticism filed by Chandrashekhar, prompting the CBI to analyze the matter additional and search authorisation from the authority involved to prosecute the previous minister below the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Chandrashekhar, at the moment lodged in Tihar jail for a cash laundering case, alleged in his criticism that Jain extorted Rs 10 crore from him between 2018 and 2021, both personally or by associates, in alternate for making certain his security inside numerous Delhi jails.
Moreover, it was alleged that sure jail officers extracted Rs 12.50 crore from Chandrashekhar in installments between 2019 and 2022.
Kakkar slammed the Delhi LG for the state of legislation and order within the nationwide capital, warning that the BJP would face extreme penalties, each electorally and legally, for its actions.