Satyendra Kumar Jain is politician with the Aam Aadmi Party and also Delhi’s health minister. He was arrested Monday by the ED in connection with a money laundering case.

Born in Village Kirthal, District Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, Jain did his schooling from Ramjas School in Delhi and completed Graduation in Architecture from the Indian Institute of Architects.

Jain stepped into politics after becoming involved with Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption. Before joining politics, Jain worked at the Central Public Works Department (CPWD). He later quit the job to set up an architectural consultancy firm.

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He is currently in his third term as Delhi Health Minister. In his first tenure he served as Health & Family welfare, Gurudwara Elections and Industries Minister from 28 December 2013 to 14 February 2014. In the second phase, he served as Health & Family Welfare, Industries, Home, PWD, Power, Water, Transport, Urban Development and Irrigation & Flood control from 14 February to 13 February 2020.

Jain, who is a close aide of Arvind Kejriwal, won for the third time in a row from Shakur Basti Assembly with a margin of 7,592 votes.

The 57-year-old lives in a government bungalow in Civil lines. His father was a retired teacher. He is married to Poonam Jain and has two daughters.

Among the controversies embroiling him is the money laundering case for which he was recently arrested. In 2018, the CBI filed a chargesheet against Jain, his wife Poonam and business associates Ajit Prasad Jain, Vaibhav Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain and Ayush Jain in the disproportionate assets case.

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The case was registered on 24 August 2017 against the accused persons for possessions of disproportionate assets during the period 14 February 2015 to 31 May 2017.

Jain with his wife ran a firm namely, M/S JJ Ideal Estate Pvt Ltd. Jain and his family have stake and share holding in Prayas Info solutions Pvt Ltd and IndoMetal Impex Pvt Ltd. and Akinchan developers Pvt Ltd and Mangalayatn projects private Ltd.

Jain assisted in looting ill-gotten money through shell companies, the CBI claimed.