Delhi Court seeks ED’s response on Satyendar’s plea of transfer of his case to another judge

New Delhi, Apr 13 (Agency) A Delhi Court after hearing sought a response from Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the petition of Former Delhi Health minister Satyendar Jain seeking transfer of his case to another judge. Principal District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge(CBI) Vinay Kumar Gupta after hearing the request issued notice to ED and adjourned the matter for May 4 for further hearing.

Jain had moved an application seeking the transfer of two cases registered against him by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to another judge. ED had earlier moved an application to transfer the case to another judge.Then Principal District-cum-Sessions Judge had transferred the case from Special Judge Geetanjli Goel to Special Judge Vikas Dhull. CBI has registered an First Information Report (FIR) for disproportionate assets against Jain in 2017. On the base of CBI’s FIR Enforcement Directorate registered an ECIR against Jain and accused him of having money laundered through four companies allegedly linked to him and where he was holding shares while amassing disproportionate income. ED had arrested Jain on May 30 last year and he is now in the judicial custody at Tihar jail.