Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested on Tuesday over alleged corruption in connection with an alleged case involving the tendering process
for sewage treatment plant projects of the Delhi Jal Board. The action was taken by the Delhi Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with an FIR registered in 2024. Ex-Delhi Jal Board CEO Udit Prakash Rai (IAS) is also among six persons arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch. The other accused arrested are Ankit Srivastava, a former contractual consultant with the DJB, and private persons Nagendra Yadav, Raja Kumar Kurra and Pankaj Verma, the ACB said in a statement. The case was registered on May 11, 2024, on a complaint by the Directorate of Vigilance, over alleged large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process related to augmentation and upgradation of sewage treatment plants of the DJB.
AAP Reacts
AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP following the arrest of former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, alleging that the action was politically motivated and part of the BJP’s alleged pattern of targeting opposition leaders."Satendra Jain ji has once again been arrested at the behest of the BJP. Just a short while ago, everyone still remembers the ordeal they put him through by throwing him in jail. The previous case was fabricated too, and this case will also be proven to be fake," Kejriwal wrote in a post on X.
"How long will the BJP's dictatorship continue like this? Whoever they feel like, they slap false charges on and toss into jail. Their lies will once again be exposed before the nation, but who will compensate for the time spent in jail and the mental torture endured?" he said, adding, "The cup of the BJP's sins has now overflowed. No matter how much dictatorship they resort to, the end of the Modi government is now certain. The entire Aam Aadmi Party and the people of the country stand firmly with Satendra Jain ji."
Taking to X, AAP leader and former Delhi Minister Manish Sisodia wrote, "Just before the Punjab elections, Punjab's co-in-charge Satyendra Jain has been arrested. Earlier too, he was kept in jail for two and a half years in a fake case, and now again... another fake case."
"From the GenZ movement to the Ram Temple donation scam and the E20 issue, the BJP, which is cornered on all fronts, has now resorted once more to the ED-ACB-CBI's old election-time tactics," he added.
