New Delhi: Ailing CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami, who has been under house arrest for over a month in Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) was shifted to AIIMS here on Monday morning, officials said.
Accompanied by a doctor, a relative and a police officer, Tarigami arrived in Delhi and was immediately taken to AIIMS, the officials said.
The Supreme Court had on Thursday said that Tarigami should be shifted "at the earliest" to "the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, from Srinagar, where he is under house arrest."
The bench had said the shifting will be done following consultations between doctors at Srinagar's Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) and the AIIMS.
The bench had added, "We hardly need to emphasise that the movement of Tarigami to the AIIMS, New Delhi shall be done forthwith by the concerned authorities. He will be allowed to be accompanied by one family member of his choice."
He had been put under house arrested in the early hours of August 5 when the Centre abrogated special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
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