NEW DELHI: Former Union minister Kapil Sibal stated on Tuesday, a day after Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, that the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, under which he was detained, was a "weapon that often serves not legal but political goals."

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Jain in a money laundering case on Monday, prompting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to term it a political move ahead of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections.

After a few hours of interrogation, he was put into jail under criminal portions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), according to ED authorities.

"Satyendar Jain, Arrested under PMLA for alleged money laundering," Sibal tweeted in response to the news. The abuse of the PMLA is widespread. A weapon that is frequently used for political rather than legal purposes." Sibal, who recently resigned from the Congress, filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh as a Samajwadi Party-backed Independent candidate last week.

He has stated that his goal in 2024 would be to get the opposition parties together on a similar platform to defeat the BJP.

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