AAP has claimed no order has been received by Satyendra Jain on this issue.
The Income Tax Department has attached assets worth Rs 33 crore allegedly amassed illegally by Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain, reports The Hindustan Times.
The assets attached under the Benami Act are over 100 bighas of land, the total investment value of which is Rs 17 crore, along with shares worth Rs 16 crore.
AAP, which had come to power by campaigning on anti-corruption, said no such order was received by Jain. “There has been no order that has been received by Satyendra Jain on this issue. He was an architect by profession before he joined politics. He was a member of the board of the companies but he quit six months before he was given a ticket by the AAP in 2013,” a senior party leader said.
The initiating officer of the National Capital Territory of Delhi had issued provisional attachment orders on February 27 under Benami Prohibition Transactions Act 1988 to Indo Metalimpex Pvt Ltd, Akinchan Developers Pvt Ltd, Paryas Infosolutions and Mangalaytan Projects Pvt Ltd under the Act. It says that Jain provided cash consideration for illegal entries in Indo Metalimpex Pvt Ltd and Akinchan Developers Pvt Ltd. Jain and used the money from the accommodation entries in the form of share capital/premium for purchasing properties.
Jain had come under the scanner of the Income-Tax (I-T) department in January for allegedly indulging in hawala transfers worth around Rs 17 crore, and money-laundering with the help of hawala operators.
I-T officials had said that the department has already summoned the minister thrice to question him on his alleged involvement in money-laundering.
Talking about the modus operandi, agency officials said companies controlled by Jain had received Rs 16.39 crore from 56 shell firms belonging to three hawala operators – Jivendra Mishra, Abhishek Chokhani and Rajendra Bansal — all based in Kolkata. Officials added that a scrutiny of the I-T returns of four companies — Indo Metal Impex Pvt Ltd, Akinchan Developers Pvt Ltd, Mangalyaatan Projects Pvt Ltd and Paryas Infosolutions Pvt Ltd — all owned by Jain, have revealed that money-laundering was taking place through these companies since 2010.
Jain, however, maintained his innocence. The minister, who is a close confidante of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, maintained that he had nothing to do with the hawala operators and was only summoned for questioning as a witness. He said that an assessment of the companies in question was taking place, and as he had made some investments in those companies four or five years ago, had been summoned for questioning.
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