New Delhi, March 30 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) accorded sanction for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry against Satyendar Jain jailed AAP leader, for allegedly extorting '10 crore from conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar as "protection money".
Sources said the sanction comes under the Prevention of Corruption (POC) Act.Jain and former Tihar Jail DG Sandeep Goel were accused of running an extortion racket from Tihar and demanding protection money from high-profile inmates, it was alleged. The development came as Delhi chief minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal is in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam.
Early this year, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena sanc...