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New Video Of AAP Minister Satyendra Jain Meeting A Tihar Jail Superintendent Surfaces
Jailed AAP Minister Satyendra Jain meeting Tihar jail Superintendent in his prison cell on 12 September.
A fresh video showing Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendra Jain meeting a superintendent of the Tihar jail inside his prison cell emerged on Saturday.
Jain, who is in the eye of a political storm over leaked videos purportedly showing him getting massages and other special facilities in the jail, has urged a court in Delhi to put a stop on CCTV camera footage of his cell being 'leaked' to the media.
'Have this new video of honest minister Jain. Jail superintendent's attendance in the court of jail minister at 8 pm,' Delhi BJP media cell head Harish Khurana tweeted and shared the CCTV camera footage.
Earlier this month, a Tihar jail superintendent was suspended for alleged involvement in providing 'special treatment' to Jain, who is in prison since 31 May in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Sources had said that the suspended officer, Ajit Kumar, was the superintendent of jail number 7 in the prison complex and was from the DANICS cadre.
Jain could be seen in earlier purported videos getting back and foot massages in his cell, reading some documents and talking to visitors while lying on a bed.
Mineral water bottles and a remote were also seen. In one video, he was seen getting a head massage while sitting on a chair.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, had justified the act, labeling it as part of doctor recommended physiotherapy.
Later, according to media reports, Tihar jail sources revealed that the man giving massages to Jain was a rape accused named Rinku.
The BJP alleged that the Delhi Minister was getting facilities inside the jail against rules.
The ED probing the money laundering charges against Jain had claimed in a court that he was getting 'special treatment' inside the Tihar jail. It had also presented CCTV footage to substantiate the claim.
The agency on Tuesday (22 November) told a Delhi court that it had no role in the alleged leakage of CCTV footage of Jain reportedly getting special treatment inside the prison cell.
The jailed AAP Minister had filed a plea seeking contempt proceedings against the agency for allegedly leaking the videos to the media.
(with inputs from PTI)
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