Delhi excise policy row | ED quizzes AAP minister Satyendar Jain in Tihar jail
The Hindu
The ED had moved a local court seeking its permission for the questioning. The court authorised the probe agency to carry out questioning on September 16, 22 and 23
The Enforcement Directorate on September 16 questioned Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain inside the Tihar jail in a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped excise policy, official sources said.
Officials of the agency recorded Mr. Jain’s statement according to the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED had moved a local court seeking its permission for the questioning. The court authorised the probe agency to carry out questioning on September 16, 22 and 23.
Also read: ED conducts fresh raids in Delhi Excise Policy case
Mr. Jain was arrested by the ED on May 30 in another criminal case linked to alleged hawala dealings. A minister without a portfolio in the Delhi government, Mr. Jain had held health and power portfolios before he was taken into custody by the ED.
The sources said the agency wants to know and understand from Mr. Jain about the Cabinet approvals given by the AAP government for implementing the new excise policy.
The policy implemented on November 17, 2021, was scrapped by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government in July this year after Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena recommended a CBI probe into its implementation.
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