Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that his deputy Manish Sisodia will soon be arrested in a "fake" case like Health Minister Satyendar Jain. Jain has been sent to the custody of Enforcement Directorate till June 9.
"I had learnt from reliable sources a few months back that Satyendar Jain was going to be arrested in a fake case and now I have learnt from the same sources that Manish Sisodia is going to be arrested in the next few days in another fake case," Kejriwal said at a media briefing.
The arrest was made in connection with alleged hawala dealings. The ED had said last month that assets worth Rs 4.81 crore of Jain's family and companies "beneficially owned and controlled" by him were provisionally attached as part of a money laundering probe against him.
Jain, 57, is the minister for health, industries, power, home, urban development and water in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government.
Here's who said what about the case:
Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister: I have personally studied this (Satyendar Jain's arrest by ED) case, it is completely fraud. We neither tolerate corruption nor we do corruption. We have a very honest govt. He has been targeted because of political reasons. We have faith in our judiciary.
Manish Sisodia, Delhi Deputy CM: A fake case has been going on against Satyendar Jain for eight years. He has been called by the ED several times so far. The ED had stopped calling him for some time because it did not find anything against him. Now it has again started because he is the incharge of Himachal Pradesh elections.
सत्येंद्र जैन के ख़िलाफ़ 8 साल से एक फ़र्ज़ी केस चलाया जा रहा है. अभी तक कई बार ED बुला चुकी है। बीच में कई साल ED ने बुलाना भी बंद कर दिया था क्योंकि उन्हें कुछ मिला ही नहीं। अब फिर शुरू कर दिया क्योंकि सत्येंद्र जैन हिमाचल के इलेक्शन इंचार्ज हैं।1/2
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) May 30, 2022
Adesh Gupta, Delhi BJP President: AAP is supporting corrupt.
#AAP का हाथ, भ्रष्टाचारियों के साथ!
भ्रष्टाचार के मामले में CM @ArvindKejriwal के करीबी @SatyendarJain को ED ने किया गिरफ्तार!ईमानदारी का राग अलापने वाले केजरीवाल बताएं कि इन्हें कब बर्खास्त करेंगे, कितनी देर में करेंगे और अभी तक चुप क्यों हैं?दिल्ली की जनता जवाब चाहती है। pic.twitter.com/uzavzZJSoy— Adesh Gupta (@adeshguptabjp) May 30, 2022
Manoj Tiwari, former Delhi BJP president: You are teaching honesty to all but AAP ministers are hawala businessmen.
सबको सिखाते हैं ईमानदारी.. और..#AAP के मंत्री ही हैं हवाला कारोबारी..
आज ये सर्वविदित हो चला है कि @ArvindKejriwal एक झूठे व्यक्ति हैं।अब पकड़े जाने पर इस्तीफ़ा देंगे ? क्यूँकि #mastermind तो वही लगते हैं!!— Manoj Tiwari