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The Home Ministry has approved a CBI investigation against former Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain under the Anti-Corruption Act. Satyendra Jain is accused of extorting Rs 10 crore as “protection money” from fraudster Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
Accused of collecting protection money from high profile prisoners
Satyendar Jain and former Tihar Jail DG Sandeep Goyal are accused of running an extortion racket in Tihar Jail and collecting protection money from high-profile prisoners lodged in various jails of Delhi. Apart from this, gangster Sukesh Chandrashekhar accused Satyendar Jain and Sandeep Goyal and other Tihar Jail officers Rajkumar and Mukesh Prasad of embezzlement of Rs 12.50 crore between 2019-22.
Complaint about this was made to the Lieutenant Governor
Big thug Sukesh Chandrashekhar also sent a complaint about this to Delhi LG. The allegation is that Satyendra Jain and other officials of Tihar Jail misused their official position in exchange for money and provided many facilities to the prisoners lodged in the jail against the jail manual. Apart from this, former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, lodged in Tihar jail in a money laundering case, was not only given VIP treatment in the jail by the then jail authorities but also massaged other prisoners.
Lieutenant Governor recommended CBI investigation
In fact, in February, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had recommended a CBI investigation against Satyendar Jain to the Home Ministry in this case. In November last year, the CBI had written to the Lieutenant Governor alleging that Satyendra Jain was running a high-profile extortion racket from Tihar Jail. CBI said that Jain had demanded Rs 10 crore as protection money from gangster Sukesh. Sukesh alleges that between 2018 and 2021, Satyendra Jain himself or his associates extorted money from him.
In March this year, the Supreme Court had rejected the bail plea.
Satyendra Jain was arrested in May 2022. His last bail plea was rejected by the Supreme Court in March this year and he was asked to surrender in the money laundering case. Since then he is lodged in Tihar Jail. Earlier, he was granted interim medical bail on May 26, 2023, after he fell in the jail bathroom. He underwent spinal surgery during his bail period.