AAP Leader Satyendar Jain arrested over corruption in DJB tenders

Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain has been arrested for allegedly being involved in the manipulation of a tender process at the Delhi Jal Board. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Anti-Corruption Branch in Delhi said the Directorate of Vigilance had filed a complaint regarding large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process relating to the upgradation of sewage treatment plants of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). Six people were arrested after investigation, it said, including Udit Prakash Rai, a former CEO of the DJB  and the board's former contractual consultant Ankit Srivastava.
The FIR in the case was registered in May 2024 under Sections 7, 7A, 9, and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018), along with Sections 420, 409, 418, and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. The Anti-Corruption Branch said its investigation had revealed that the tendering process allegedly involved restrictive technical specifications and conditions favouring a specific technology provider - Euroteck Environment Pvt Ltd. "The investigation also revealed that Udit Prakash Rai, the then CEO of DJB, received a bribe to the tune of Rs 1.52 crore in his and his relatives' bank accounts through banking channels from M/s AN Enterprises, a proprietorship concern of Nagendra Yadav, and that the said amount was allegedly utilised for purchase of immovable property," the Anti-Corruption Branch said. 
Satyendar Jain, who held several portfolios between 2015 and 2023, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case in May 2022. He was granted interim bail and released on medical grounds in May 2023. He was jailed again, for about six months, before getting regular bail and leaving jail in October 2024.AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday alleged that former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested at the behest of the BJP and claimed the case against him would also be proved "fake".