NEW DELHI: A Delhi Court on Monday rejected Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking direction to Tihar jail authorities to administer him insulin and allow him to consult his doctors through video conferencing daily for 15 minutes. The court had reserved its order last Friday after hearing the submissions at length from all sides. It has asked Tihar Jail authorities to file a detailed report.
The Enforcement Directorate had claimed that Kejriwal was eating high-sugar foods to make grounds for medical bail.The AAP had rejected ED’s claims and had alleged that the probe agency was conspiring to stop home-cooked food for the Delhi chief minister.
During the arguments, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appeared for Kejriwal and submitted that out of 48 meals sent from home, only three times mangoes were there. “Mangoes have not been sent after April 8. In an attempt to pre-empt and cover-up the issue, jail authorities in collaboration with ED, has sought to do media trial by alleging that sugar levels of the applicant is rising because of his diet,” Singhvi had argued. Singhvi also clarified that the aloo poori subzi was eaten by Kejriwal only once during the Navratra as a “prasad.”
Arvind Kejriwal is in judicial custody after his arrest by the ED in the Delhi Excise Policy case.
The Enforcement Directorate had claimed that Kejriwal was eating high-sugar foods to make grounds for medical bail.The AAP had rejected ED’s claims and had alleged that the probe agency was conspiring to stop home-cooked food for the Delhi chief minister.
During the arguments, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appeared for Kejriwal and submitted that out of 48 meals sent from home, only three times mangoes were there. “Mangoes have not been sent after April 8. In an attempt to pre-empt and cover-up the issue, jail authorities in collaboration with ED, has sought to do media trial by alleging that sugar levels of the applicant is rising because of his diet,” Singhvi had argued. Singhvi also clarified that the aloo poori subzi was eaten by Kejriwal only once during the Navratra as a “prasad.”
Arvind Kejriwal is in judicial custody after his arrest by the ED in the Delhi Excise Policy case.