New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) AAP chief Satyendar Jain on Saturday mentioned he was falsely accused of getting therapeutic massage in Tihar jail whereas he was getting physiotherapy as a result of “extreme” leg ache.
An issue arose in November 2022 when movies of CCTV digicam footage from Tihar jail surfaced displaying alleged “therapeutic massage” being given to Jain who was then the Delhi prisons division minister.
In an announcement issued by AAP, Jain mentioned the video was an “exaggeration”. The physician had prescribed unique mattress relaxation for a month and the hospital medical doctors instructed him to remain in a room with higher amenities. He couldn’t bend or elevate something and was restricted from shifting, the previous Delhi minister mentioned.
“Throughout that point, I had extreme leg ache. They organized every part accordingly.
“Does anybody ever get a therapeutic massage totally clothed? The physiotherapist was simply doing his job, but they falsely claimed I used to be getting a therapeutic massage,” mentioned the AAP chief.
Jain was launched from Tihar jail, the place he spent 18 months, on Saturday after being granted bail by a Delhi court docket in a cash laundering case.
He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in reference to the case in March 2022.
He mentioned Tihar jail has cameras in all places and questioned why doesn’t footage of anything got here out and solely his was obtainable.
“They claimed I used to be having lavish meals, however all I had had been seasonal fruit and veggies,” he mentioned, and claimed for a complete 12 months he didn’t eat any lavish meal and misplaced 40 kg of weight within the jail.
“There is a canteen the place anybody should buy meals with cash and I’ve all of the payments to show it. They mentioned I drank bottled water however I purchased it from the canteen, which is obtainable to everybody,” he mentioned.
The previous minister additionally claimed that everybody had a TV in jail however he didn’t have a separate one.
“I used to be saved in a barrack for months the place even infamous criminals should not saved for greater than 15 days,” he claimed.
No rapid response was obtainable from Tihar administration over Jain’s claims.
“I used to be saved remoted, and even after medical doctors suggested in any other case, they refused to let me be with others as they wished to torture me,” Jain claimed.
He lashed out on the BJP alleging “if not for the judiciary, the BJP would have hanged me”.
Referring to his movies from the jail, Jain mentioned, “If the BJP is making these claims, why did they not launch the video earlier? They solely began airing it through the Gujarat elections.” Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor mentioned Jain’s claims and prices had been “ridiculous”.
“The AAP leaders spin fabricated tales after popping out of jail as Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh did earlier, and now Satyendar Jain is doing the identical. If Jain was having issues in Tihar, what stopped him from bringing it to the discover of the court docket?” Kapoor requested.
On the primary day of his freedom after months of imprisonment, the AAP chief visited a Jain temple alongside along with his household. Within the night he attended a celebration assembly through which Kejriwal and different senior leaders had been current.
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