Last year, a prominent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member who had held major cabinet posts in the Delhi administration under Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal found himself engaged in a money laundering inquiry. Satyendar Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in May as part of their investigation into the money laundering case.
Following Satyendar Jain’s arrest, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigated and arrested Manish Sisodia, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, in February on corruption accusations linked to the Delhi Excise Policy. Furthermore, on Monday, Sanjay Singh, the AAP spokesperson, was arrested by the ED for his alleged involvement in a liquor fraud.
In the wake of Singh’s arrest, AAP supporters demonstrated outside the Mumbai ED office, while BJP members also protested outside the AAP office. Amidst the arrests and subsequent protest by both parties, Bansuri Swaraj, the late Sushma Swaraj’s daughter, released a statement stating that a considerable quantity of cash worth Rs 3 crore and 1.80 kilograms of gold coins were seized during an ED search at Satyendar Jain’s house last year.
Responding to Bansuri’s claim, Rahul Tahiliani (Archived link), a member of the AAP IT Cell, took to his X account (formerly known as Twitter) and refuted her claims, writing, “Late Sushma Swaraj’s daughter, Bansuri Swaraj, is openly spreading false information about crores of rupees in cash and gold being found at Satyendar Jain’s house. Despite the fact that neither the CBI nor the ED found anything, this aunty claims to have obtained all of the information over WhatsApp. A defamation case should be filed against her.”
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Fact Check
In the initial state of our research, Only Fact discovered a press release on the Enforcement Directorate’s website that supports Bansuri Swaraj’s claim while contradicting Rohit Tahiliani’s tweet.
According to a press release dated June 7, 2022, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) conducted a search operation on June 6, 2022, at the premises of Satyendar Jain and Poonam Jain, as well as individuals associated with them or who played a role in the suspected money laundering activities, in accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
The press release further states, “During the search, various incriminating documents and digital records were seized. The cash amounting to Rs. 2.85 crore and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg in total from an unexplained source were found to be secreted in the said premises and were seized under PMLA.” In the press release, the ED has also attached images of the confiscated items.”
Apart from the Enforcement Directorate’s press statement, we discovered a few media reports confirming Bansuri Swaraj’s claim that nearly Rs 3 crore was confiscated from Satyendar Jain’s premises during the ED’s raid.
Considering the aforementioned facts and information, Rahul’s claim that the ED did not find anything at Satyendar Jain’s premises is false and misleading, since the ED’s news release states that they did indeed seize Rs 2.85 crore in cash and 1.80 kilograms of cold coins from Jain’s residence.
| Claim | The ED did not find anything in raid conducted at Satyendar Jain’s premises |
| Claimed by | Rahul Tahiliani |
| Fact Check | False and Misleading |
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