AAP leader Satyendar Jain and 5 others arrested in alleged ₹1.94-crore Delhi Jal Board scam
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AAP leader Satyender Jain Photograph: (ANI)
AAP leader Satyendar Jain and five others were arrested by Delhi ACB in an alleged ₹1.94-crore Delhi Jal Board multi-tender scam case.
AAP leader Satyendar Jain was arrested along with five others, including government officials, a consultant, and private business proprietors, based on a 2024 FIR, tracking an alleged ₹1.943-crore multi-tender scam split across four major Delhi Jal Board projects, ANI reported.
The arrest was made by the Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch. The case was registered on the complaint of the Directorate of Vigilance, GNCTD, regarding large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process relating to augmentation/upgradation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
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Along with Satyendar Kumar Jain, former Minister of Water, GNCTD, Udit Prakash Rai (IAS), former CEO, Delhi Jal Board, Ankit Srivastava, former contractual consultant, Delhi Jal Board, Nagendra Yadav, Proprietor M/s AN Enterprises, Raja Kumar Kurra, Owner M/s Euroteck Environment Pvt. Ltd, and Pankaj Verma, Proprietor M/s Srijanhar, were arrested.
Why were they arrested?
In 2024, the Enforcement Directorate initially launched a probe into the alleged sewage treatment plant tender-rigging and kickback racket. The Delhi Jal Board split 10 Sewage Treatment Plants into 4 contract packages. Only three joint ventures participated in the bidding. The ED claimed that officials and consultants deliberately altered the technical specifications to make them highly restrictive. The DJB allegedly disqualified competition and allowed the tender to three joint ventures, which would subcontract a private company, Euroteck Environment Pvt Ltd, in 2022, to supply hyper-specific technology. The exact bribe amount explicitly tracked by the ACB is ₹1.52 crore, into the bank accounts of ex-DJB CEO Udit Prakash Rai and his relatives via a middleman to buy immovable property.
Kejriwal says the case is fake
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Reacting to the arrest, former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal said that the move was political and Satyendra Jain was already in jail when the alleged irregularities happened. He said that the AAP stands firm with Satyendar Jain against the “dictatorship” of the BJP.
"Satyendra Jain has once again been arrested at the behest of the BJP. Everyone still remembers the ordeal they put him through by throwing him in jail a short time ago. The previous case was fabricated, and this case will also be proven fake."
