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The Rouse Avenue Court has granted bail to AAP leader Satyendra Jain in the alleged Delhi Jal Board STP scam case. Jain was arrested by the ACB on August
18 in connection with alleged irregularities and tender manipulation in the upgradation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs). Jain, former DJB CEO Udit Prakash Rai, Nagendra Yadav, Ankit Shrivastava, Pankaj Verma and Raj Kumar Kurra have been in judicial custody after their arrest by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in the DJB STP Tender scam case. The case related to alleged corruption in the award and execution of contracts for upgrading STPs under the Delhi Jal Board.
Court extends Judicial custody of 5 accused
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh also extended the judicial custody of the other 5 accused persons till September 17. The court directed the Jail Authorities to produce the accused persons through video conferencing on September 5 to attend the bail hearing.
It is alleged that the investigation has disclosed that the technical proposal for augmentation of Rohini STP from 15 MGD to 25 MGD was altered by the then Minister, who approved enhancement to 30 MGD without any technical recommendation or feasibility study.
Similarly, Rohini and Narela STPs were included in the project while Okhla Phase-V STP was excluded, resulting in an estimated escalation of approximately Rs.123 crore. These arbitrary decisions of Minister (Jain) were allegedly taken without adequate technical justification.
Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) sought extension of Judicial custody of Satyendar Kumar Jain, former Minister of Water, GNCTD, Udit Prakash Rai (IAS), former CEO, Delhi Jal Board, Nagendra Yadav, Proprietor M/s AN Enterprises, Raja Kumar Kurra, Owner M/s Euroteck Environment Pvt. Ltd, Pankaj Verma, Proprietor M/s Srijanhar and Ankit Shrivastava.
Public Prosecutor Manish Rawat appeared for the ACB and sought judicial custody of 5 accused and police custody of Ankit Sharma.
It is alleged that the investigation has established that one Nagendra Yadav acted as an intermediary between officials of DJB and representatives of Euroteck. Sh. KVNS Rao (Euroteck) handed the letter to Nagendra Yadav, who subsequently delivered it to the office of Satyendar Jain.
(With agency inputs)
