Delhi court sends AAP's Satyendar Jain to 14-day judicial custody in Jal Board corruption case
Satyendar Jain has been arrested by the ACB in an alleged corruption case involving tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of Delhi Jal Board.
A Delhi court has placed former Delhi water minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain under 14-day judicial custody in a corruption case involving the Delhi Jal Board, along with four others. Additionally, Ankit Shrivastava, an employee of the DJB, was granted two days in ACB custody. The case was registered on May 11, 2024, following a complaint by the Delhi government's Directorate of Vigilance concerning alleged "large-scale irregularities" and "criminal conspiracy" in the tendering process for the expansion and improvement of DJB sewage treatment plants.
The investigation found that the tender had restrictive technical specifications, potentially giving Euroteck Environment an unfair advantage and stifling competition. Despite an application to declare Jain's arrest unlawful being dismissed, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal claimed the charges would be proven false, blaming the Anti-Corruption Bureau for acting on "the BJP's behest".
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