Satyendar Jain had cited despair as a result of loneliness (File)
New Delhi:
A superintendent of Delhi’s Tihar jail has been issued a discover for transferring two prisoners to the cell of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister, Satyendar Jain, after he cited “loneliness”.
Satyendar Jain, who has been within the high-security jail following his arrest final 12 months, had in a letter on May 11 requested the jail administration to lodge him with extra inmates.
Mr Jain had cited despair as a result of loneliness and the necessity for extra social interactions in his letter – which he mentioned was adviced by a health care provider.
“I’m feeling depressed and low due to loneliness. A psychiatrist steered me for extra social interactions and he requested to lodge him with not less than two extra individuals,” he wrote, requesting the corporate of not less than two extra folks.
He additionally talked about two names within the letter.
Two prisoners have been then moved to the previous minister’s cell by the Superintendent of jail no 7.
Prison officers mentioned they have been instantly shifted again to their respective cells after the administration got here to find out about it.
They mentioned the choice was taken by the Superintendent with out discussing the matter with the jail administration.
The transfer has additionally raised safety concern.
“Action has been initiated in opposition to the Superintendent of Jail No 7 for transferring two prisoners to the cell of former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain who requested to lodge him with not less than two inmates citing despair and want for extra social interactions. Inmates have been instantly transferred again,” mentioned an official.
Last 12 months, a jail official was suspended for alleged VIP therapy to the previous minister.
Action was taken after the Enforcement Directorate submitted CCTV footage to a courtroom, alleging that Mr Jain was having fun with an expensive life-style in jail and influencing investigations by recurrently assembly the co-accused within the case.
In the video, Satyendar Jain was seen getting a therapeutic massage by a person inside his cell, and chatting with different inmates, none of which is allowed contained in the jail. He was additionally seen consuming fruit salad, bringing his grievance on meals high quality in jail below query.
Another video clip confirmed Mr Jain enjoyable in his mattress when he’s visited by three folks in informal clothes.
His occasion defined the massages as physiotherapy and mentioned that home-cooked meals had been cleared by docs and courts.
The former minister was arrested on May 30 final 12 months, by the Enforcement Directorate. The probe company had initiated the money-laundering investigation within the case on the idea of a First Information Report or FIR registered by the CBI on August 24, 2017.