Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Delhi Court Sends Satyendar Jain, Four Others to Custody
A Delhi court has sent Satyendar Jain and four other people to judicial custody.
The case concerns contracts linked to the Delhi Jal Board.
Investigators are examining whether tender rules were changed unfairly.
They are also looking at changes to the plans for sewage treatment projects.
The case includes an alleged trail showing possible commission payments.
The contracts together are worth about ₹1,943 crore.
They involve improving 10 sewage treatment plants.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau is investigating the allegations.
A Delhi court sent Satyendar Jain and four others to judicial custody in the Delhi Jal Board corruption case.
The case involves alleged manipulation of tender conditions and changes to sewage treatment project specifications.
Investigators allege a commission trail connected to the contracts.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau is probing contracts worth about ₹1,943 crore.
The contracts cover the augmentation and upgradation of 10 sewage treatment plants.
- Who
- Satyendar Jain and four others were sent to judicial custody; the Anti-Corruption Bureau is investigating the case.
- What
- A Delhi court ordered judicial custody in an alleged Delhi Jal Board corruption case involving sewage treatment plant contracts.
- Where
- Delhi.
- Why
- The case involves allegations of manipulated tender conditions, altered sewage treatment project specifications and an alleged commission trail.
- Case
- Delhi Jal Board corruption case
- People sent to custody
- Satyendar Jain and four others
- Investigating agency
- Anti-Corruption Bureau
- Contract value
- About ₹1,943 crore
- Projects involved
- Augmentation and upgradation of 10 sewage treatment plants
- Allegations
- Manipulated tender conditions, changed project specifications and an alleged commission trail