Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi Water Minister Satyendar Jain, who spent 18 months in prison in a money laundering case, has been arrested for allegedly manipulating 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.
Minutes after the arrest came to light, the AAP termed the move political and said Satyendar Jain was in jail when the alleged irregularities occurred.
“How many more proofs are needed that the BJP is scared of the AAP? At the time of that Jal Board tender, Satyendra ji was in jail. How did he become responsible from jail? The real reason is that Satyendra Jain is the AAP co-in-charge of Punjab and elections are coming up there,” AAP National Media In-charge Anurag Dhanda wrote on X.
