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'Punjab polls behind my arrest': Satyendar Jain cries foul after ACB action in Delhi Jal Board case

Former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain on Wednesday alleged that his arrest by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) was politically motivated and connected to the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. Jain, who is AAP's co-in-charge for Punjab, made the remarks while being taken to the Rouse Avenue Court. This is done because the Punjab election is coming up this is politics, Jain said.Jain is among six people arrested by the ACB in an alleged corruption case linked to the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).