Delhi court sends Satyendar Jain, 4 others to judicial custody in corruption case

Delhi court sends Satyendar Jain, 4 others to judicial custody in corruption case Updated – August 19, 2026 10: 15 pm IST – New Delhi.

Key points

• Other accused in the case are private persons Nagendra Yadav, Raja Kumar Kurra, and Pankaj Verma.
• Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh additionally sent Ankit Srivastava, a former contractual consultant with the DJB, to two days of police custody.
• Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) personnel take ex-Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain.
• The court additionally issued notice to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on a bail plea of Jain.
• Srivastava, and three others were arrested by the ACB in connection with the case on Tuesday (August 18) night.

Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) personnel take ex-Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain. This person is among the six persons, to the Rouse Avenue Court in the alleged Delhi Jal Board (DJB) sewage treatment plant (STP) tender corruption case, in New Delhi on Wednesday (August 19, 2026). Photo Credit: ANI.

Notably, a Delhi court on Wednesday (August 19, 2026) sent former Minister Satyendar Jain, ex-Delhi Jal Board CEO Udit Prakash Rai and three others in the alleged corruption case involving the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the DJB to 14-day judicial custody.

For context, the court additionally issued notice to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on a bail plea of Jain. It was moved by his counsel on Wednesday.

Mr. Jain, Mr. Rai, Mr. Srivastava, and three others were arrested by the ACB in connection with the case on Tuesday (August 18) night. Delhi ACB arrests Satyendar Jain, five others over STP tender 'irregularities'.

Meanwhile, the case was registered in May 2024, on a complaint by the Directorate of Vigilance, over alleged large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process related to augmentation and upgradation of sewage treatment plants of the DJB.

Taken together, the developments around delhi court sends Satyendar Jain, 4 others to judicial custody in corruption point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.