Cases against AAP’s Satyendar Jain: CCTV project, sewage tenders, money laundering

Former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain has faced multiple allegations of corruption and money laundering. Recently, he was among six arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in a multi-crore sewage treatment plant (STP) tender fraud case. This case, originating from a complaint filed by the Directorate of Vigilance in May 2024, accuses Jain of manipulating tender conditions and engaging in criminal conspiracy.

In 2025, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed charges against Jain and 13 others, including the earlier STP case. The ED's chargesheet was based on a CBI FIR filed in 2017, accusing Jain of laundering money through four companies when he was a Delhi minister. These companies were provisionally attached with properties worth Rs 4.81 crore by the agency. Jain spent over 18 months in jail before being released on bail in October 2024.

Jain has also faced a CCTV project case, where he was accused of accepting a bribe of Rs 7 crore to waive off the liquidated damages penalty of Rs 16 crore imposed on Bharat Electronics Limited. The ACB alleged that Jain's actions in this Rs 571-crore CCTV project were corrupt. Additionally, Jain was booked for alleged irregularities in hiring at the Public Works Department (PWD), though the CBI concluded there were no irregularities or gains made in this case. A Delhi court ordered the closure of this case in August 2025, but charges have not yet been filed.