NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain was arrested in connection with alleged corruption in the Delhi Jal Board, an official told news agency ANI.The Delhi government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ABC) has arrested six people in connection with the case.Those arrested include former Delhi minister Satyendar Kumar Jain, former Delhi Jal Board CEO Udit Prakash Rai, former contractual consultant Ankit Srivastava, and three private persons, Nagendra Yadav, Raja Kumar Kurra and Pankaj Verma.The arrests were made in connection with an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Branch on May 11, 2024, under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code.The case includes charges under provisions relating to bribery, criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal conspiracy.The case was registered on the complaint of Directorate of Vigilance, GNCTD regarding large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process relating to augmentation/upgradation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
Kejriwal, Sisodia attack BJP
AAP chief and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal attacked the BJP over Jain’s arrest, saying his party colleague was arrested on the “BJP’s behest”.Calling the case ‘fake,’ Kejriwal said: “The BJP’s cup of sins is now full. No matter how much authoritarianism 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 Satyendar Jain.”
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Ex-Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia linked Satyendar Jain’s arrest to the Punjab polls, saying BJP was back with its election-time tactics.”“Just ahead of the Punjab elections, Satyendar Jain, who is the party’s co-incharge for Punjab, has been arrested. He was earlier kept in jail for two and a half years in a false case, and now there is yet another false case. From the Gen Z protests to allegations of donation irregularities over the Ram Temple and the E20 issue, the BJP is facing questions on several fronts and has once again resorted to its old electoral tactic of using the ED, ACB and CBI,” Sisodia wrote on X
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