On December 8, 2025, Virendra Sachdeva, the president of the Delhi BJP, welcomed the Enforcement Directorate’s filing of a charge sheet in a sewage‑treatment‑plant (STP) scam involving former Delhi Water Minister Satyendar Jain and ex‑Delhi Jal Board chief Udit Prakash. The case alleges that, during Arvind Kejriwal’s government, over ₹17.70 crore was embezzled while modernizing ten STPs under the DJB. Sachdeva said the charge sheet brings renewed optimism that the culprits will soon face justice. He highlighted that the prosecution is strong, noting that assets worth ₹15.36 crore belonging to Jain and others have already been seized and the court has been notified.
Earlier, the ED had filed charges against Jain and 13 other individuals for accepting an ₹6.73 crore bribe in the award of four tenders related to the STPs. In a provisional attachment order dated December 4, the agency also froze movable and immovable properties totaling ₹15.36 crore linked to the money‑laundering case involving ₹17.70 crore in proceeds of crime.
The enforcement probe was triggered by an FIR lodged by the Anti‑Corruption Branch of GNCTD, New Delhi, against Euroteck Environmental Pvt Ltd (EEPL) under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. The alleged scam concerned upgrades of ten STPs across Pappankalan, Nilothi, Najafgarh, Keshopur, Coronation Pillar, Narela, Rohini, and Kondli.
Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the Delhi Zonal Office of the ED filed a prosecution complaint against Jain, former DJB CEO Udit Prakash Rai, former DJB member Ajay Gupta, former chief engineer Satish Chandra Vashishth, and other private parties. The investigation uncovered that EEPL’s managing director, Rajakumar Kurra, manipulated the DJB tender terms with the help of DJB officials and private individuals, including Nagendra Yadav. Kurra limited the tender to “IFAS technology with fixed media,” effectively ensuring EEPL would be the sole technology supplier.
The Integrated Fixed‑Film Activated Sludge (IFAS) technology blends suspended‑growth activated sludge with attached‑growth biofilm media in a single reactor, increasing surface area for microbes, boosting biomass without expanding sludge volume, and enabling treatment plants to raise capacity.
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