Delhi LG V K Saxena has granted sanction for a CBI probe against former minister Satyendar Jain in a complaint of extortion filed by money laundering accused Sukesh Chandrashekhar, officials said on Saturday.
Jain is accused of extorting Rs 10 crore from Chandrashekhar as 'protection money'.
A former director general of Tihar jail was also accused in the matter, the Raj Niwas officials said.
The LG has given his nod for a CBI inquiry against Jain under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, they said.
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Jain, a former home minister in the Kejriwal government, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case in May 2022 and is lodged in Tihar jail.
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