Satyendar Jain gets bail in Delhi Jal Board corruption case
A Delhi court on Thursday, September 3, granted bail to AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a corruption case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board's tendering process.
“Bail plea is allowed,” Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh said in a brief oral order.
The court directed Jain to furnish a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh along with two sureties of the same amount. A detailed order is awaited.
Jain had been sent to 14-day judicial custody on August 19.
The case relates to a tender awarded to Euroteck Environmental Private Limited when Jain was Delhi's water minister.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has alleged manipulation of tender conditions, claiming the process was deliberately made technology-centric to favour Euroteck Environmental.
The agency has also alleged that Jain arbitrarily increased the capacity of the Rohini sewage treatment plant (STP) from 15 million gallons per day (mgd) to 30 mgd without conducting a technical feasibility study. This allegedly resulted in a cost escalation of around Rs 123 crore.
The ACB has claimed that commissions were routed through intermediaries to the bank accounts of various accused persons as part of a money trail.
The case was registered in May 2024 following a complaint by the Directorate of Vigilance alleging large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process related to the augmentation and upgradation of sewage treatment plants by the Delhi Jal Board.
