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Kejriwal's First Night in Tihar: Sleeplessness, Low Sugar Level, A Cement Platform

Prison officials said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was seen pacing up and down his cell in the evening after he was brought to the jail at 4 pm on Monday. Officials said that his sugar level was below 50 at that time and medicines were given to him on the advice of doctors.

With him being remanded in judicial custody till April 15 in the excise policy case, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal managed only to sleep for a while in his 14X8 feet cell on his first night Tihar jail.
New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal being brought out of ED office to be taken to Rouse Avenue Court, in New Delhi,Thursday, March 28, 2024.His ED custody in liquor policy case ends today.(IANS)

By ETV Bharat English Team

Published : Apr 2, 2024, 10:35 AM IST

Updated : Apr 2, 2024, 5:07 PM IST

New Delhi:With him being remanded in judicial custody till April 15 in the excise policy case, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal managed only to sleep for a while in his 14X8 feet cell on his first night Tihar jail.

Prison officials said the AAP National Convenor was seen pacing up and down his cell in the evening after he was brought to the jail at 4 pm on Monday. Kejriwal was medically examined before being sent to his cell where he is staying alone.

Officials said that his sugar level was below 50 at that time and medicines were given to him on the advice of doctors. India's first sitting chief minister to be lodged at Asia's largest prison has been kept in jail number two. His wife and children are likely to meet him on Tuesday, officials said.

They further said that officials saw him keeping his devices like a sugar sensor and glucometer, isabgol, glucose, and toffees on his table. The court had directed jail authorites to allow Kejriwal to carry these items to be used in case of sudden dip in his sugar levels.

The chief minister was given tea in the afternoon and was served home-cooked food for dinner, a source said on Tuesday, adding that he has been given a mattress, blankets and two pillows. He slept on a cement platform for some time and was seen walking in his cell late in the night, the source said.

In the morning, Kejriwal's sugar level was still low and he is under the watch of Tihar jail doctors, prison officials said. He is allowed to have home-cooked food in lunch and dinner and it will be served daily, till his sugar level comes to normal, they said. Kejriwal, who is also the AAP national convener, meditation in his cell in the morning, after which he was served tea and two biscuits, sources said.

Two personnel from Tihar Jail Security and a jail warder have been deployed outside his cell. Jail authorities are keeping a watch on him through the CCTV cameras, while a quick reaction team has also been deployed near his cell, officials said. The books he had requested -- Ramayana, Mahabharata, and 'How Prime Ministers Decide' -- have been provided to him. He has also been allowed a religious locket that he wears.

As per the rules, Kejriwal has given a list of six people whom he would like to meet. The list includes his wife Sunita Kejriwal, their son and daughter, his private secretary Bibhav Kumar and AAP general secretary (organisation) Sandeep Pathak. A Delhi court on Monday sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15, noting the Enforcement Directorate's contention that his release could hamper the investigation into the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case.

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