A Delhi courtroom on Thursday granted bail to AAP chief and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain within the Anti-Corruption Department (ACB) case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi Jal Board’s sewage therapy plant (STP) tender course of. The Rouse Avenue courtroom, nevertheless, prolonged the judicial custody of the opposite accused until September 17.Jain, who was produced bodily earlier than Particular Choose Dig Vinay Singh, argued that the tenders have been floated in October 2022 when he was already in custody in one other case and that there was no proof linking him to the tender course of. His counsel, senior advocate N Hariharan, additionally argued that every one proof had been collected and Jain’s additional custody was not required.
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The ACB has alleged that the technical proposal for augmenting the Rohini STP was altered and the capability was elevated from 15 MGD to 30 MGD with out a technical advice or feasibility research. It additional alleged that the inclusion of Rohini and Narela STPs and exclusion of Okhla Section-V resulted in an estimated value escalation of round Rs 123 crore.The company has additionally alleged {that a} 2% fee deal was struck throughout conferences in December 2022 and that middleman Nagendra Yadav facilitated communication between DJB officers and representatives of Euroteck. The ACB additional alleged that necessary CPCB environmental parameters have been diluted within the tender paperwork, giving undue benefit to the expertise supplier.