Sunday | May 18 2025 | 08:47:57 PM
New Delhi, May 18
The Prisons department has transferred superintendent of Tihar jail number 7 to another jail for moving three men to the cell of former Delhi home minister Satyendar Jain.
The order stated that officer Rajesh Choudhary, superintendent of jail no. 7, has been transferred to jail no. 1, which is the headquarters at Tihar prison complex. The present jail superintendent at jail no. 1 will now look after jail no. 2 and the vigilance department, the order further stated.
As per the details, on May 11, Jain submitted an application with a request to change his cell, citing depression and “doctor’s advice for more social interactions”. Jain, in his application, said he was feeling depressed and low because of loneliness. After a jail doctor advised him more social interactions, he requested to be lodged with at least two more persons. “He also provided two persons’ names…The next day, three inmates were transferred to Jain’s cell by the superintendent".
When the matter came to light, Beniwal said a show-cause notice was issued to the jail superintendent and the inmates were transferred back to their respective cells. The jail administration also said they will get the opinions of other doctors to analyse Jain’s health and seek treatment if needed.
Jain was arrested by the ED on May 30, 2022. In March this year, the ED, probing a 2017 money laundering case against Jain, pointed to his conduct and “influence” in Tihar jail before the Delhi High Court to argue that he had received “preferential treatment”.
