New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday granted bail to 5 accused, together with former Delhi Jal Board (DJB) CEO Udit Prakash Rai, who have been arrested in reference to the DJB STP tender rip-off case. The court docket has already granted bail to former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain within the case.
Special Judge granted bail to Udit Prakash Rai, Nagendra Yadav, Ankit Shrivastava, Pankaj Verma and Raja Kumar Kurra, topic to situations together with furnishing a bail bond of Rs 2 lakh and two sureties of the like quantity.
Another accused, Satish Chandra Vashisht, ex-DJB Chief Engineer, has additionally been arrested and is at present in police custody for 2 days.
It is alleged that the investigation has disclosed that the technical proposal for augmentation of Rohini STP from 15 MGD to 25 MGD was altered by the then Minister, who accepted enhancement to 30 MGD with none technical suggestion or feasibility research. Similarly, Rohini and Narela STPs have been included within the venture whereas Okhla Phase-V STP was excluded, leading to an estimated escalation of roughly Rs.123 crore. These arbitrary choices have been allegedly taken with out enough technical justification.
Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) had arrested Satyendar Kumar Jain, former Minister of Water, GNCTD, Udit Prakash Rai (IAS), former CEO, Delhi Jal Board, Nagendra Yadav, Proprietor M/s AN Enterprises, Raja Kumar Kurra, Owner M/s Euroteck Environment Pvt. Ltd, Pankaj Verma, Proprietor M/s Srijanhar and Ankit Shrivastava.
‘The investigation has established that one Nagendra Yadav acted as an middleman between officers of DJB and representatives of Euroteck. Sh. KVNS Rao (Euroteck) handed the letter to Nagendra Yadav, who subsequently delivered it to the workplace of Satyendar Jain,’ the company alleged.
It is additional alleged that thereafter, Satyendar Kumar Jain directed Ankit Srivastava (a contractual guide in DJB) to coordinate with KVNS Rao relating to a gathering after sharing the visiting card of KVNS Rao.
‘The screenshot of the chat between Okay.V.N.S. Rao and Ankit Shrivastav was recovered from the cell phone of Okay.V.N.S. Rao,’ ACB alleged.
Investigation has additionally revealed dilution of environmental norms prescribed by the CPCB. CPCB had prescribed eight obligatory parameters for handled effluent high quality. However, solely 5 parameters have been integrated into the tender paperwork whereas necessary obligatory parameters comparable to pH, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Total Nitrogen (N-Total) have been omitted, thereby diluting environmental safeguards with a purpose to give undue benefit to the above expertise supplier, the ACB alleged.
It was additionally argued by the ACB that the Cost of the venture was escalated in crores. There have been two conferences held on December 22 and 23, 2022. A deal for a two p.c fee was struck.
‘There have been three corporations; throughout investigation it was revealed that Hitachi and Avigo did not make the specified gear. Only Eurotech (Accused) was manufacturing the gear,’ the company had stated.
It was additionally submitted that the Sludge remedy was separated from the STP in order to ask a separate tender. Corrigendum have been uploaded on the web site of DJB, not revealed within the newspaperÂ
It was additionally submitted that ‘Rs. 2.7 crore got here in Srijanhar from Eurotech with none work. Out of this quantity, Rs 1.22 crore went to a different firm’. (ANI)