Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) personnel take ex-Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain, who is among the six persons, to the Rouse Avenue Court in the alleged Delhi Jal Board (DJB) sewage treatment plant (STP) tender corruption case, in New Delhi on Wednesday (August 19, 2026).
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A Delhi court on Wednesday (August 19, 2026) sent former Minister Satyendar Jain, ex-Delhi Jal Board CEO Udit Prakash Rai and three others in the alleged corruption case involving the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the DJB to 14-day judicial custody.
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh also sent Ankit Srivastava, a former contractual consultant with the DJB, to two days of police custody.
The court also issued notice to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on a bail plea of Jain, which was moved by his counsel on Wednesday.
Mr. Jain, Mr. Rai, Mr. Srivastava, and three others were arrested by the ACB in connection with the case on Tuesday (August 18) night.
A reasoned order is awaited.
Also read: Delhi ACB arrests Satyendar Jain, five others over STP tender ‘irregularities’
Other accused in the case are private persons Nagendra Yadav, Raja Kumar Kurra, and Pankaj Verma.
The case was registered in May 2024, on a complaint by the Directorate of Vigilance, over alleged large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process related to augmentation and upgradation of sewage treatment plants of the DJB.
Published – August 19, 2026 07:06 pm IST
