Satyendar Jain was arrested in May final yr.
New Delhi:
Delhi’s former Health Minister Satyendar Jain was hospitalised on Thursday after he collapsed within the toilet of Tihar Jail, the place he has been detained since final yr on cash laundering costs.
This was the second time in per week that Mr Jain needed to be taken to a hospital for medical consideration. On Monday, he was examined at Safdarjung Hospital for a spinal damage that he had sustained earlier from one other fall within the jail’s toilet, based on jail officers.
A frail-looking Mr Jain was seen on the hospital with a belt strapped round his waist, sparking issues about his well being. The AAP has acknowledged that the previous minister, who has misplaced almost 35 kg since his arrest, is affected by sleep apnoea and desires a BiPAP machine whereas sleeping.
Before that, Mr Jain was taken to the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital on Saturday and underwent a number of checks, together with a CT scan and an MRI. His situation was secure, however he was saved below commentary, hospital sources mentioned.
Mr Jain’s occasion colleagues and supporters have expressed concern over his well being and accused the BJP, which guidelines on the federal degree and opposes the Aam Aadmi Party, of making an attempt to “kill him”.
The BJP has responded to those allegations, saying that Mr Jain was obese earlier than his arrest and that it was “good” that he has misplaced weight. Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta mentioned that Mr Jain’s look was a matter of how one manages their physique, attributing the burden loss to having meals simply as soon as a day, as per his non secular beliefs.
Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi and the founding father of the Aam Aadmi Party, posted the picture on Twitter that confirmed a frail-looking Mr Jain sitting in a chair on the hospital with two cops standing close by.
“I pray to God for his higher well being,” Mr Kejriwal wrote in Hindi. “The folks of Delhi are watching the vanity and atrocities of the BJP. Even God won’t forgive these oppressors. In this battle, the persons are with us and God is by our facet. We are followers of Bhagat Singh and our battle towards oppression, injustice and dictatorship will proceed.”
Mr Jain’s lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi had instructed the Supreme Court final week that the previous minister has misplaced 35 kg and is nearly a “skeleton”, affected by varied illnesses.
The Enforcement Directorate, a federal company that investigates monetary crimes, arrested Mr Jain in May final yr for allegedly laundering cash by shell firms and shopping for land with unlawful funds. Mr Jain has denied the fees and mentioned they had been politically motivated.
Mr Jain was a outstanding member of Mr Kejriwal’s cupboard and held a number of portfolios, together with well being, dwelling and concrete growth. He resigned from his ministerial posts in January this yr whereas nonetheless in jail.