New Delhi, 31 August (H.S.): The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has remanded former Delhi Jal Board (DJB) CEO Udit Prakash Rai and Nagendra Yadav, both accused in the Delhi Jal Board STP scam, to judicial custody until September 3. The two accused were produced before the court on Monday after their custody with the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) expired.

The court had remanded both accused to ACB custody until August 31 on August 29. The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) had arrested former minister Satyendar Jain, along with Udit Prakash Rai, former contractual consultant to the Delhi Jal Board Ankit Srivastava, Nagendra Yadav, proprietor of M/s AN Enterprises, Raja Kumar Kurra, proprietor of M/s Eurotech Environment Private Limited, and Pankaj Verma, proprietor of M/s Srijanhar.

The arrests were made in connection with an ACB FIR registered on May 11, 2024, under Sections 7, 7A, 9 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 42, 409, 418 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.

The ACB has alleged that the tender conditions were deliberately formulated to favour a particular company.

Satyendar Jain was arrested in a money-laundering case on May 30, 2022. He was granted bail by the trial court on October 18, 2024, after spending 872 days in Tihar Jail in connection with the money-laundering case.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar