Satyendar Jain bail: The former minister has been given six weeks interim bail.
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court immediately granted six weeks interim bail to Delhi’s former minister Satyendar Jain on medical grounds, only a day after he was admitted to an ICU. Jain was admitted to Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital after he collapsed in a toilet of Tihar Jail as a result of dizziness.
This was the second time in per week that Jain needed to be taken to a hospital for medical consideration. On Monday, he was examined at Safdarjung Hospital for a spinal harm that he had sustained earlier from one other fall within the jail’s toilet, based on jail officers.
The AAP chief has been in Tihar jail since his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to a cash laundering case in May final 12 months.
The probe company has accused Satyendar Jain of laundering cash by means of shell corporations and shopping for land with unlawful funds. The former Delhi minister has denied the fees and stated they have 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 12 months whereas nonetheless in jail.
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