GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 3rd July: Former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (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 Delhi Jal Board (DJB) sewage treatment plants.
According to official sources, Jain, 60, arrived at the ED office around 11:15 am, where his statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
This marks the third money laundering case involving Jain. He was earlier arrested in 2022 in connection with an alleged hawala and disproportionate assets case, and was recently booked in a separate classroom construction scam alongside former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.
The latest case stems from a Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) FIR against Hyderabad-based Euroteck Environmental Pvt Ltd and others over alleged irregularities in tenders worth ₹1,943 crore for the upgradation of 10 DJB sewage treatment plants (STPs) across the capital.
The ED alleges that the tender conditions, particularly the mandatory use of Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge (IFAS) technology, were made deliberately restrictive to favour a few joint venture (JV) firms. While the initial cost of the tenders was around ₹1,546 crore, it was revised upward to ₹1,943 crore without following due process or project reports.
The agency claims that all four tenders issued in October 2022 were awarded at inflated rates, resulting in significant loss to the public exchequer. These JVs later subcontracted the work to Euroteck, raising further red flags in the investigation.
The ED had earlier conducted searches in this case in July 2023, and the probe continues into the alleged misuse of public funds and procedural violations in the DJB project under Jain’s ministerial watch.
