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India Today
6 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
ED tightens noose on AAP, registers cases in 3 'scams' worth Rs 6,000 crore
In mounting trouble for senior AAP leaders, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed money laundering cases related to three alleged scams that took place during the party's tenure in Delhi. The ED has filedThe agency has filed Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs), the equivalent of an FIR, in hospital construction, CCTV, and shelter home scams worth Rs 6,368 crore. Sources said senior AAP leaders, including former health ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain, might soon be summoned for questioning.- Ends advertisement
Hindustan Times
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
ED questions Satyendar Jain in DJB's STP probe
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday questioned senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the augmentation of few Delhi Jal Board (DJB) sewage treatment plants (STPs), people familiar with the development said. Satyendar Jain appears before the Anti-Corruption Branch on June 6, 2025. (PTI) Jain, 60, reached the ED office on APJ Abdul Kalam Road at around 11am after which his statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Details of the questioning were not yet known. The AAP leader is also under investigation in other cases as well by ED, including a 2022 case pertaining to alleged hawala transactions and possession of disproportionate assets, in which he was arrested that year as well. The agency last month booked him in connection to alleged irregularities in the construction of classrooms at government hospitals. Early in June, he was interrogated along with former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia by the Delhi government's Anti-Corruption Branch in connection with alleged irregularities in the construction of classrooms during the previous government's tenure. Jain held various portfolios in the Delhi government during the AAP rule, including health, industries, power, Public Works Department, home and urban development. The probe into augmentation of STPs pertains to tenders awarded for upgradation of 10 STPs at Pappankala, Nilothi (Package 1), Najafgarh, Keshopur (Package 2), Coronation Pillar, Narela, Rohini (Package 3) and Kondli (Package 4). The four tenders, valued at ₹1,943 crore, were awarded to various joint venture (JV) entities in October 2022. According to ED, only three JV companies participated in the four tenders. 'While two JVs got one tender each, one JV got two tenders. The three JVs participated in the four STP tenders mutually to ensure that each one got the tender,' according to a statement by the probe agency shared in the matter in July 2024 after raids at various locations in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. It has also alleged that the tendering conditions were made restrictive, including adoption of IFAS technology to ensure that select few entities could participate in the four bids. The agency has also alleged that the 'contracts were awarded to the three JVs at inflated rates which caused a substantive loss to the exchequer. 'The cost estimates initially prepared was ₹1,546 crore but was revised during the tender process to ₹1,943 crore,' it said in July 2024. 'The costs adopted by DJB for upgradation and augmentation were same though the cost of upgrading is lesser than the cost for augmentation. All the 3 JVs submitted the same experience certificate issued from a Taiwan Project to DJB for securing the tenders and the same was accepted without any verifications,' it added. Subsequently, all the three JVs sub-contracted the work related to the four tenders to a single company in Hyderabad. The AAP, in response, defended Jain and said the proceedings against him are 'absurd'. 'ED's own statement completely demolishes the foundation of this case. It admits the matter pertains to October 2022 — yet Satyendar Jain had already been arrested by ED in May 2022. How can someone be part of a conspiracy months after being jailed? ED has exposed the absurdity of its own case,' the party said in a statement on Thursday.
NDTV
03-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Probe Agency Questions AAP Leader Satyendar Jain In Delhi Jal Board Sewage Plant Case
New Delhi: Former Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged corruption in the augmentation of some Delhi Jal Board sewage treatment plants, official sources said. Satyendar Jain, 60, reached the federal probe agency's office here around 11:15 am and his statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) politician has held portfolios like Health, Industries, Power, Public Works Department, Home and Urban Development in the Arvind Kejriwal-led government. This is the third money laundering investigation in which ED is probing the role of Satyendar Jain. He was arrested by the agency in 2022 and later chargesheeted in an alleged hawala transactions and possession of disproportionate assets case. Recently, the ED booked him in an alleged classroom construction scam case along with former deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia. The investigation in the latest case pertains to allegations of corruption in the augmentation of some sewage treatment plants by the Delhi Jal Board. The ED had conducted searches in this case in July last year. The money laundering probe stems from an FIR of the Delhi government anti-corruption branch (ACB) against a Hyderabad based company named Euroteck Environmental Pvt Ltd. and others alleging a scam in the DJB in the name of augmentation and upgradation of 10 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) at Pappankala, Nilothi, Najafgarh, Keshopur, Coronation Pillar, Narela, Rohini and Kondli. According to the ACB, only three JV companies participated in the four tenders issued. These four tenders valued at Rs 1,943 crore were awarded to various joint venture (JV) entities in October, 2022. It said, as per the ED, the tendering conditions were made "restrictive" including adoption of IFAS ((Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge) technology to ensure that a select few entities could participate in the four tenders. The verification of the tender documents shows that the initial cost of four tenders was about Rs 1,546 crore, which was revised to Rs 1,943 crore without following due process/project reports, according to the ED. The contracts were awarded to three JVs at "inflated" rates which caused "substantive" loss to the exchequer and all the JVs sub-contracted the work related to the four tenders to the Hyderabad company, the agency claimed.
Hindustan Times
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
ED questions Satyendar Jain in DJB sewage treatment plants probe
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday questioned senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged corruption in the augmentation of some Delhi Jal Board (DJB) sewage treatment plants (STPs), people familiar with the development said. Jain has held various portfolios in Delhi government during the AAP rule, including health, Industries, power, PWD. (PTI file photo) Jain, 60, reached the ED office around 11am after which his statement was recorded under the prevention of money laundering act. He is being investigated in other cases as well by the ED, including a 2022 case pertaining to alleged hawala transactions and possession of disproportionate assets, in which he was arrested that year as well. The agency last month booked him in an alleged classroom construction related irregularities in the national capital. Jain has held various portfolios in Delhi government during the AAP rule, including health, Industries, power, Public Works Department (PWD), home and urban development. The STPs probe pertains to tenders awarded for augmentation and upgradation of 10 sewage treatment plants (STPs) at Pappankala, Nilothi (Package 1), Najafgarh, Keshopur (Package 2), Coronation Pillar, Narela, Rohini (Package 3) and Kondli (Package 4). Also Read:ED raids 37 sites in NCR over classroom construction irregularities from AAP era The four tenders, valued at ₹ 1,943 crore, were awarded to various joint venture (JV) entities in October 2022. According to the ED, only three JV companies participated in the four tenders. 'While two JVs got one tender each, one JV got two tenders. The three JVs participated in the four STP tenders mutually to ensure that each one got the tender,' according to a statement by the ED, shared in the matter in July 2024 after raids at various locations in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. It is alleged that the tendering conditions were made restrictive, including adoption of IFAS technology to ensure that select few entities could participate in the four bids. 'The cost estimates initially prepared was ₹ 1,546 crore but was revised during the tender process to ₹ 1,943 crore. It is further alleged that the contracts were awarded to the three JVs at inflated rates which caused a substantive loss to the exchequer,' ED said in July 2024. 'The costs adopted by DJB for upgradation and augmentation were same though the cost of upgrading is lesser than the cost for augmentation. All the 3 JVs submitted the same experience certificate issued from a Taiwan Project to DJB for securing the tenders and the same was accepted without any verifications,' it added. Subsequently, all the three JVs sub-contracted the work related to the four tenders to a single company in Hyderabad.
New Indian Express
03-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
ED questions ex-Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in DJB-linked PMLA case
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged corruption in the augmentation of some sewage treatment plants by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), official sources said. Jain, 60, reached the federal probe agency's office here around 11:15 am and his statement is being recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The investigation pertains to allegations of corruption in the augmentation of some sewage treatment plants by DJB. The ED had conducted searches in this case in July last year. The money laundering probe stems from an FIR of the Delhi government anti-corruption branch (ACB) against a company named Euroteck Environmental Pvt others alleging a scam in the DJB in the name of augmentation and upgradation of 10 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) at Pappankala, Nilothi, Najafgarh, Keshopur, Coronation Pillar, Narela, Rohini and Kondli. These four tenders valued at Rs 1,943 crore were awarded to various joint venture (JV) entities in October, 2022. The ACB FIR alleged, according to the ED, that only three JV companies participated in the four tenders. The verification of the tender documents shows that the initial cost of four tenders was about Rs 1,546 crore, which was revised to Rs 1,943 crore without following due process/project reports, according to the ED.
