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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said that it has attached a fresh set of assets worth Rs 7.44 crore of companies "beneficially owned and controlled" by AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain as part of a money laundering investigation, reported the PTI.

In an official statement, the ED said that it has issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on September 15 to attach the immovable properties.

The probe pertains to an alleged case of possession of benami assets and a separate instance of holding disproportionate assets against Jain, his wife Poonam Jain and others.

"ED, Headquarters Office, New Delhi, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs. 7.44 Crore on 15.09.2025 belonging to companies beneficially owned and controlled by Satyendar Kumar Jain, the Ex Minister in the Government of Delhi, under PMLA, 2002. The Total value of attached assets in the case so far, stands at Rs. 12.25 Crore (approx.)," the ED said in a statement.

ED, Headquarters Office, New Delhi, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs. 7.44 Crore on 15.09.2025 belonging to companies beneficially owned and controlled by Satyendar Kumar Jain, the Ex Minister in the Government of Delhi, under PMLA, 2002. The Total value…

— ED (@dir_ed) September 23, 2025

Earlier, on March 31, 2022, the ED had provisionally attached assets worth Rs 4.81 crore in the same matter. A prosecution complaint was filed in July 2022, which the court took cognisance of.

“Investigations revealed that in November 2016, soon after demonetisation, Jain’s close associates Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain deposited Rs 7.44 crore in cash at Bank of Baroda, Bhogal branch, under the Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS), the ED said in a press statement on Tuesday, according to the IANS.

The money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR and chargesheet.

Jain is accused of "acquiring" disproportionate assets while working as a minister in the Delhi government between February 14, 2015, to May 31, 2017, as per the PTI.

The ED had attached assets worth Rs 4.81 crore of Jain in 2022.

The fresh attachment came after the Delhi High Court recently held that Jain's close associates -- Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain -- were the politician's "benami holders" and they deposited Rs 7.44 crore in cash in Bank of Baroda, Bhogal Branch, as advance tax under the Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS), 2016, according to the PTI.