US EditionFresh corruption case against AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain over scam of ₹2,000 crore
- On April 30, 2025, the Anti-Corruption Bureau initiated a ₹2,000 crore fraud case involving the alleged overpricing of 12,748 classrooms constructed during the tenure of two key leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi, Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain.
- The case followed complaints filed in 2019 alleging massive overpricing and irregularities in awarding contracts, with a suppressed 2020 Central Vigilance Commission report highlighting serious violations and cost escalations.
- The Anti-Corruption Bureau found tenders awarded for ₹860 crore with deviations up to 90%, resulting in costs inflating up to ₹2,892 crore, nearly five times the usual ₹5 lakh cost per classroom.
- Delhi Police ACB chief Madhur Verma revealed that a February 2020 report by the Central Vigilance Commission’s Chief Technical Examiner highlighted multiple irregularities in the construction of classrooms.
- The FIR escalates the legal troubles for AAP leaders amid mounting political backlash, indicating that investigations into various construction activities carried out during the AAP administration in Delhi are intensifying.
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Case against AAP's Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain in Rs 2,000 crore classroom scam
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has registered a case against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and former Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in connection with a massive alleged corruption scandal involving the construction of classrooms in government schools across the capital. According to the ACB, the scam, pegged at around Rs 2,000 crore, pertains to the construction of 12,748 classrooms and associated buildings during the AAP g…
"Rs 2,000 Crore Scam": New Case Against AAP's Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain
The anti-corruption branch has registered a case against former AAP ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain over alleged corruption in the construction of classroom at highly exorbitant costs.
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