The Union home ministry has requested the president for grant of sanction to prosecute AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a money-laundering case being investigated by the ED, sources said on Friday.

The sanction against the 60-year-old politician has been sought under Section 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, they said. The ministry requested the sanction from the president of India on the basis of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation and the presence of “adequate proof”, they added.