Tihar official shifts two inmates to Satyendar Jain's cell on his request, notice issued
New Delhi, May 15: A show-cause notice has been issued to the superintendent of Tihar jail no 7 for shifting two men to the cell of former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party's jailed leader Satyendar Jain on the latter's request.
The development came as Jain had written an application, requesting the prison administration to lodge him with two more inmates in the cell.
Jain on May 11, cited depression and loneliness as reasons behind his request, an official of Tihar Jail said.
"Jain in his application said he is feeling depressed and low because of loneliness. A psychiatrist suggested him for more social interactions and he requested to lodge him with at least two more persons. He also provided two persons' names, from the same ward no. 5," the official said. His request was accepted and two persons were moved to his cell, he added.
The jail administration, however, along with the show-cause letter, returned the AAP leader's fellow inmates to their cells.
According to the jail administration, the superintendent made this decision without contacting the administration, despite the fact that no inmate can be relocated and transferred to another cell without informing the administration and taking permission.
Jain has been imprisoned at Tihar Jail since June of last year.
Earlier in November of last year, CCTV footage of the AAP leader receiving a full-body massage from within the prison went viral.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched a money-laundering investigation against Satyendar Jain, Poonam Jain, Ajit Prasad Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain, Vaibhav Jain, and Ankush Jain on the basis of a First Information Report registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 24, 2017.
On December 3, 2018, the CBI filed a chargesheet against Satyendar Kumar Jain, Poonam Jain, Ajit Prasad Jain, Sunil Kumar Jain, Vaibhav Jain, and Ankush Jain.
According to the charge sheet, Satyendar Jain acquired assets that were disproportionate to his known sources of income while serving as a Minister in the Government of Delhi from February 14, 2015, to May 31, 2017.
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- ANI
