AAP Leader Satyendar Jain Arrested In Corruption Case

Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi water minister Satyendar Jain, who spent 18 months in prison in a money laundering case, has been arrested for allegedly being involved in the manipulation of a tender process at the Delhi Jal Board.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Anti-Corruption Branch in Delhi said the Directorate of Vigilance had filed a complaint regarding large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process relating to the upgradation of sewage treatment plants of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). Six people were arrested after investigation, it said, including Udit Prakash Rai, a former CEO of the DJB. (UPDATED ON 18TH AUGUST 2026)