ED files charge sheet against Satyendar Jain and 13 others
New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and 13 others in connection with a money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in awarding tenders for the augmentation and upgrade of sewage treatment plants (STPs) of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), the agency said on Monday.
Besides Jain, who was the water minister in 2022 when the alleged irregularities took place, the agency has also named Udit Prakash Rai (former chief executive officer of DJB), Ajay Gupta (former DJB member), Satish Chandra Vashishth (former chief engineer), and several individuals and entities in its charge sheet filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The ED probe pertains to tenders awarded for the augmentation and upgrade of STPs in Pappankala, Nilothi (Package 1), Najafgarh, Keshopur (Package 2), Coronation Pillar, Narela and Rohini (Package 3), and Kondli (Package 4).
The four tenders, valued at Rs.1,943 crore, were awarded to various joint venture entities in October 2022. The ED, in a statement, said its probe was based on an FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of Delhi against Euroteck Environmental Pvt Ltd (EEPL) and others under various sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act, alleging irregularities in DJB's award of STP tenders.
Responding to the charge-sheet, the AAP accused the BJP-led central and Delhi governments of "vindictive politics", saying ED, CBI and ACB have filed cases that "collapse in court" and seek extensions as "they can't prove anything"....
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