New Delhi:
Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Social gathering chief Arvind Kejriwal stated right now that the case towards senior occasion chief Satyendar Jain “will likely be confirmed pretend”. His occasion stated the arrest of the previous minister is politically motivated and is linked to the approaching meeting elections in Punjab.
Jain, who spent 18 months in jail in connection with a cash laundering case, was arrested this evening. The previous water minister has been accused of being concerned within the manipulation of a young course of on the Delhi Jal Board.
“Satyendar Jain ji has as soon as once more been arrested on the behest of the BJP. Simply a short time in the past, everybody nonetheless remembers the ordeal they put him by means of by throwing him in jail. The earlier case was fabricated too, and this case may even be confirmed to be pretend,” learn a tough translation of his vernacular publish on X.
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“How lengthy will the BJP’s dictatorship proceed like this? Whoever they really feel like, they slap false fees on and toss into jail. Their lies will as soon as once more be uncovered earlier than the nation, however who will compensate for the time spent in jail and the psychological torture endured?” he had added.
सत्येन्द्र जैन जी को एक बार फिर बीजेपी ने गिरफ्तार करवा दिया है। अभी कुछ वक्त पहले इन लोगों ने जेल में डालकर उनकी जो दुर्दशा की थी, वह सबको याद है। पिछला केस भी फर्जी था और यह केस भी फर्जी साबित होगा।
आखिर कब तक बीजेपी की ये तानाशाही चलती रहेगी? जिसे मन करता है, झूठे आरोप लगाकर… https://t.co/VpxyPLkdLW
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 18, 2026
The Anti-Corruption Department, which made the arrest, stated the Directorate of Vigilance had filed a grievance relating to large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender situations and felony conspiracy within the tendering course of regarding the upgradation of sewage remedy crops of the Delhi Jal Board. Six folks have been arrested.
The allegations are that the DJB had carried out irregularities in reference to the augmentation and upgradation of 10 Sewage Therapy Crops in Delhi.
Solely three JV corporations participated and 4 tenders valued at Rs 1,943 crore have been awarded in October 2022.
The verification of the tender paperwork reveals that the preliminary price of 4 tenders was about Rs 1,546 crore, which was revised to Rs 1,943 crore with out following due course of/mission studies, in line with the ED.
Jain, who was arrested for the primary time in Might 2022 by the Enforcement Directorate, lastly obtained bail in October 2024.
He has been chargesheeted in reference to alleged hawala transactions and possession of disproportionate belongings. The Enforcement Directorate has additionally filed a case towards him in an alleged rip-off involving development of school rooms together with former Deputy Chief Minister and AAP chief Manish Sisodia.
