Jailed AAP chief and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain at Delhi hospital
New Delhi:
Jailed former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was Monday examined on the Safdarjung Hospital for a backbone downside, in accordance with officers, as photos of a “frail and weak” trying AAP chief prompted a pointy response from the occasion which accused the BJP of “eager to kill” him.
Jain, who has been lodged at Tihar Jail since his arrest in reference to a cash laundering case final 12 months, was taken to the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital on Saturday, however he needed a second opinion and was therefore taken to the Safdarjung Hospital, a senior jail official stated.
“Jain visited the neurosurgery OPD within the morning and after being examined by the docs there, he left. He was accompanied by police,” stated a spokesperson of the Safdarjung Hospital.
Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Could 30 final 12 months in reference to a cash laundering case.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal shared a photograph on Twitter that purportedly confirmed an emaciated and frail-looking Jain sitting in a chair on the hospital and two police personnel standing there.
“I pray to god for his higher well being. The folks of Delhi are watching the vanity and atrocities of the BJP. Even god won’t forgive these oppressors. On this wrestle, the persons are with us and god is by our facet. We’re followers of Bhagat Singh and our battle towards oppression, injustice and dictatorship will proceed,” he tweeted in Hindi.
The occasion stated in an announcement, “The photographs captured on the Safdarjung Hospital this morning current a heartbreaking sight, as he seems as nothing greater than a residing skeleton, frail and weak, struggling to even stroll.” AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh additionally focused the BJP and accused them of “eager to kill” Jain.
“Clap and have a good time BJP! However keep in mind he (Jain) is similar man who examined Covid constructive, misplaced his father, but did not maintain again in serving the folks of Delhi. The BJP desires to kill Satyendar Jain. This stage of cruelty shouldn’t be acceptable, Modi ji!” he stated in a tweet in Hindi.
Final week senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, showing for Jain, had instructed the Supreme Courtroom the previous minister has misplaced 35 kg and nearly grew to become a skeleton. He’s additionally affected by numerous illnesses, he had stated.
The occasion stated in an announcement on Monday his well being has deteriorated throughout his time in jail, and he requires pressing medical consideration.
He was taken to the Safdarjung Hospital within the morning after he complained of utmost spinal ache, owing to his longstanding spinal situation after a fall in jail, it stated.
The senior chief’s situation has deteriorated after a debilitating damage from a fall within the jail washroom, which resulted in a spinal damage leaving him in excruciating ache, the occasion stated, including he requires an instantaneous spinal surgical procedure, as really useful by his attending docs.
The AAP stated an MRI performed on Could 3 confirmed degeneration in all intervertebral discs of Jain main the docs to advise pressing spinal/vertebral surgical procedure and correct post-operative care. Nevertheless, he has been positioned at No. 416 on a ready checklist by Jail authorities, and is predicted to have the ability to bear the surgical procedure solely after an additional 5 months, it stated.
He’s additionally affected by sleep apnea along with his respiratory often seizing throughout sleep at night time. He has to sleep with the help of a BiPAP machine which repeatedly pushes air into his lungs.
On account of his non secular beliefs, he has pledged to not eat a single grain of meals earlier than he visits a temple. He solely consumes fruits and uncooked greens contained in the jail, the occasion stated.
He has misplaced 35 kilograms because of the results of muscular atrophy, it stated.
“His spirit has been severely examined, and the load of melancholy has settled upon him,” the assertion stated.
The opposition BJP has focused AAP after purported movies of Jain getting therapeutic massage contained in the jail had emerged final 12 months.
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