Kejriwal Blames 'A Phone Call' for Satyendar Jain's Arrest
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Arvind Kejriwal questions Satyendar Jain’s arrest in the Delhi Jal Board corruption case, alleging Amit Shah ordered the ACB action.
By Pranjal Gupta
New Delhi, August 19: A day after former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) corruption case, Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday questioned the timing of the police action. Former Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of ordering Jain's arrest.
Kejriwal made the remarks in a post on X, formerly Twitter, while addressing the Tuesday arrest of Satyendar Jain and five others in connection with the alleged corruption case involving the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
"An ACB official revealed that there was no plan for the ACB to arrest Satyendar Jain until morning. Then in the afternoon, a direct call came from Amit Shah ji saying, 'Arrest him'. That's when the arrest was made," Kejriwal claimed.
There was no immediate response from the BJP to the allegation.
Kejriwal also asked Shah to explain why he allegedly put pressure on the investigating agency to arrest Jain. On June 6 last year, Jain had appeared before the Delhi government's ACB for questioning in the case after being summoned by the agency.
AAP Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj also questioned Jain's arrest and termed the case against him "fake".
The case was registered on May 11, 2024, following a complaint by the Rekha Gupta-led Delhi government's Directorate of Vigilance. The complaint alleged large-scale irregularities, manipulation of tender conditions and criminal conspiracy in the tendering process related to the augmentation and upgradation of sewage treatment plants of the DJB.
(With Inputs from PTI)
