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The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday allowed the prosecution of AAP leader Satyendar Jain by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the ongoing money laundering case. The MHA further urged President Droupadi Murmu to grant sanction for the prosecution of the former Delhi minister, news agency PTI reported citing sources.

The central probe agency has sought sanction against the AAP leader under Section 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The ministry further requested the President's sanction on the basis of an Enforcement Directorate investigation and the presence of "adequate proof".

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Jain, 60, was booked by the Enforcement Directorate in a money-laundering case linked to alleged hawala dealings. Arrested in May 2022, the AAP leader is currently out on bail. He has been charge-sheeted by the ED.

The money-laundering case emerged after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an FIR in August 2017 against Jain and others over alleged possession of disproportionate assets.

In December 2018, the CBI filed a chargesheet, claiming that Jain’s alleged disproportionate assets amounted to Rs 1.47 crore, approximately 217 per cent more than his known sources of income between 2015 and 2017.

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