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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal moves court to provide insulin in Tihar jail, order on April 21
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Kejriwal who is lodged in the Tihar jail had also sought direction to jail authorities to allow him to consult doctor via video conferencing daily for 15 minutes.
The Rouse Avenue Court reserved its order on Friday, April 19, regarding a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is detained in the alleged excise policy case. Kejriwal, currently held in Tihar jail, submitted the plea to the court, requesting insulin provision in jail. Additionally, he sought permission from jail authorities to conduct daily 15-minute video conferencing consultations with a doctor.
The court will pronounce its orders on Monday, April 21.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal filed a petition in Rouse Avenue Court to provide insulin in jail. The court will hear Kejriwal’s petition at 2 pm: Aam Aadmi Party
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024
This comes a day after Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena asked the director general of prisons to submit a factual report into AAP’s allegations that Kejriwal was denied insulin in the Tihar jail.
Saxena’s order came after Delhi minister Atishi claimed there was a plot to kill the Delhi Chief Minister by denying him insulin and home-cooked food in jail. The prison authorities have rejected the claims.
“Shri VK Saxena @LtGovDelhi has expressed grave concern over reports based on statements by Ministers & AAP leaders alleging non-provision of insulin to Hon’ble CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal who is in jail & purported ‘conspiracies’ against him,” the Raj Niwas said in a post on social media site X.
It added that the Delhi Lt Governor has asked the DG Prisons to submit a “factual and comprehensive report” in connection with the matter within 24 hours.
“Although Prisons as a transferred subject comes directly & totally under the AAP Govt, LG has assured that no laxity with regards to CM’s health will be tolerated,” it added.
Shri VK Saxena @LtGovDelhi has expressed grave concern over reports based on statements by Ministers & AAP leaders alleging non provision of insulin to Hon’ble CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal who is in jail & purported “conspiracies” against him.
— Raj Niwas Delhi 🇮🇳 (@RajNiwasDelhi) April 18, 2024
Earlier on Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate claimed before a court that Kejriwal was eating foods high in sugar, including mangoes and sweets, on a daily basis despite having type 2 diabetes to create grounds for medical bail.
The central agency made the claim before a special judge for CBI and ED cases, Kaveri Baweja. After hearing the matter, the Judge directed the jail authorities to file a report on the matter and provide details regarding Kejriwal’s diet chart.
“Kejriwal is consciously consuming items like tea with sugar, mango, banana, sweets (1 or 2 pieces), poori, aaloo sabji, etc. on regular basis, despite being a patient of diabetes mellitus type 2 and knowing very well that consumption of such items results in increase in blood sugar,” ED claimed before the court.
The central agency noted that this was being done to create a medical emergency to obtain “sympathetic treatment from the court of law on medical grounds”.
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