NEW DELHI: The Anti Corruption Bureau on Wednesday produced AAP leader and former Delhi Minister of Water Satyendar Kumar Jain and other accused at the Rouse Avenue Court. They have been arrested in an ACB FIR registered on 11.05.2024 under Sections 7, 7A, 9, 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) read with Sections 42, 409, 418, 120-B IPC.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday questioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the arrest of former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), alleging that the agency was pressured to make the arrest.
In a post on X, Kejriwal said, “Amit Shah ji should explain why he got Satyendra Jain arrested by pressuring the investigation agency.”
In another post, Kejriwal claimed that an ACB official had revealed that there was no plan to arrest Jain until Wednesday morning, alleging that the decision was taken after a call from Shah.
“An Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) official revealed – There was no plan for ACB to arrest Satyendra 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 further alleged that arrests were no longer being made on the basis of whether a person had committed a crime.
“Clearly, now arrests don’t happen based on whether someone has committed a crime or not, but rather on whom those two want to arrest.”
