AAP Leader, DJB Ex-CEO Arrested: Tender Case

Synopsis

AAP Leader Satyendar Jain, DJB Ex-CEO Udit Prakash Rai and four others face allegations of tender manipulation and bribery. An FIR was registered in 2024 following a Directorate of Vigilance complaint, alongside the ED investigating financial irregularities.

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Satyendar Jain, Ex-DJB CEO Udit Prakash Rai Arrested

On August 18, 2026, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain and former Delhi Jal Board (DJB) CEO Udit Prakash Rai are among six people arrested by the Delhi Anti-Corruption Bureau for alleged corruption in Jal Board tendering processes for a sewage treatment plant (STP). The Delhi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said in a statement that the other accused arrested are Ankit Srivastava, a former contractual consultant with DJB, and Nagendra Yadav, Raja Kumar and Pankaj Verma.

ED Names Rai in DJB Case

Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigated the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) tender case and filed a prosecution chargesheet against AAP leader Satyendar Kumar Jain and former Delhi Jal Board (DJB) CEO Udit Prakash Rai. The tenders were allegedly allotted in 2022 when the AAP leader served as the Delhi Water Minister. Ex-CEO Rai has been accused of taking bribes worth Rs 1.52 cr. He had allegedly received a bribe in his own and his relatives' bank accounts.

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DoV Flags Euroteck-Favouring STP Rules

The Internal government watchdog agency of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, the Directorate of Vigilance (DoV), is an administrative department ensuring integrity, combating bribery and handling disciplinary matters.

Found that tender and technical rules for Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) were changed to help a specific private tech provider, Euroteck Environment Pvt. Ltd., through intermediary firms such as AN Enterprises, Srijanhar, and Euroteck, the technology provider. Secure an undue market advantage as a sole technology supplier and Beneficiary.

ACB FIR Flags DJB STP Tender Irregularities

Delhi ACB chief Vikramjit Singh said in a statement, “The investigation further revealed non-conduct of the proposed pilot study, inclusion of restrictive conditions relating to the technology/media to be used, exclusion of essential parameters of treated effluent and changes in technical specifications which allegedly resulted in significant financial implications for the government exchequer.”

Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) registered a First Information Report (FIR) on May 11, 2024, based on a formal complaint filed by the Directorate of Vigilance (DoV). Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD). Over alleged Irregularities, tender manipulation, and criminal conspiracy regarding Delhi Jal Board (DJB) sewage treatment plant augmentation projects.

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Who is Satyendar Jain?

An Indian Politician, architect and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader who served as Delhi’s Minister of Health, Home, Power and Public Works Department (PWD). He has been heavily marked by high-profile corruption and money-laundering arrests.

He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in May 2022 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) regarding alleged hawala transactions linked to shell companies from 2015-16.

Who is Udit Prakash Rai?

Udit Prakash an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territories (AGMUT) Joint Cadre who served as the CEO of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) starting in October 2021. He has recently become the focus of major legal controversies in Delhi and has been accused of taking bribes worth Rs 1.52 cr.

What is happening now?

What began with allegations of manipulated tenders and irregularities in Delhi's sewage infrastructure has now resulted in the arrest of a former Delhi minister and five others. The investigation continues, and the question now is whether the evidence collected by the agencies will ultimately stand up in court.