NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) against Delhi health minister Satyendra Jain and others to probe alleged money laundering by the serving minister and influencing decisions by abusing his office to seek change in land use policy for the plots allegedly acquired through laundered money.
Jain is alleged to have laundered Rs 4.63 crore in 2015-16 through the companies run by him including Prayas Info Solutions Pvt Ltd, Akichand Developers Pvt Ltd and Mangalyatan Project Pvt Ltd besides Indo-Metal Index Pvt Ltd.
This besides, Jain had laundered Rs 11.78 crore during 2010-12 through Kolakata-based entry operators and various shell companies, the sources said.
Jain allegedly provided cash through his employees and associates to the entry operators and shell companies who provided accommodation entries and routed back the money in Jain’s companies.
The laundered money was used by the companies run by Jain for purchasing land in the name of his companies. The land acquired by Jain and his companies through the laundered money stands at Rs 27.69 crore, the CBI sources said.
The agency registered the case on Monday on the basis of plethora of evidence it has gathered against the minister, the sources said.
“Jain was using his influence in Delhi Government and trying to get declared the areas where his land was located from agricultural to residential category,” CBI sources said.
The sources said if the PE establishes the prima facie culpability of Jain and his companies in money laundering, the agency will convert into Regular Case for corruption and possession of disproportionate assets.