Apart from SatyenderJain, who was then the minister of water, five others have also been arrested.

Updated on: Aug 18, 2026, 21:34:14 IST

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Satyendar Jain, AAP leader and ex-Delhi minister, was arrested on Tuesday over alleged corruption, news agency ANI reported. The action was taken by the Delhi Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with an FIR registered in 2024.

The case was registered on the complaint of the Delhi government's Directorate of Vigilance regarding large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions, and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process for the augmentation or upgradation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).

Apart from Jain, who was then the minister of water, five others have also been arrested. These include former DJB CEO Udit Prakash Rai and the board's former contractual consultant Ankit Srivastava.

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 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.

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