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Doctors’ panel submits report on AAP MLA Gajjanmajra’s health in Mohali court
The MLA did not appear before the court on Thursday, citing health issues. The next hearing is scheduled for Friday (November 17).
A five-member doctors’ panel, constituted on court orders to examine Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Amargarh MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra, 60, health, submitted its report before the special court, CBI and PMLA, Punjab, on Thursday.
The MLA did not appear before the court on Thursday, citing health issues. The next hearing is scheduled for Friday (November 17).
The court of special judge, CBI and PMLA, Punjab, Manjot Kaur, had directed the overall in-charge of Rajindra Hospital to constitute a board of doctors, comprising a minimum of five doctors, to medically examine the MLA after he failed to appear before it on Wednesday, citing poor health.
Gajjanmajra was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a ₹40 crore bank fraud case on November 6.
On Wednesday, as the MLA was being taken to the court, he complained of uneasiness, and was rushed to the emergency wing of Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, and later shifted to the super speciality wing.
As per sources, the doctors’ panel — after the examination on Wednesday — found that the MLA had a history of high blood pressure (BP), diabetes, cervical spondylitis, and vertigo (a feeling of dizziness and fear of losing your balance).
Sources told HT that an ECG (electrocardiogram, a measurement of the heart’s electrical impulses) was conducted which showed some changes in his heart markers. In view of this, the MLA has been kept under ‘observation’.
Had been hospitalised the day after his arrest too
Gajjanmajra was taken into custody while he was attending a public meeting in his constituency. Following his arrest, the AAP legislator was brought to ED’s regional headquarters in Jalandhar from where he was taken for medical examination at Jalandhar’s civil hospital.
After nearly five hours of medical investigation, the doctors referred him to Amritsar medical college. He was then shifted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, from Amritsar Medical College after he complained of chest pain and uneasiness post-arrest.
A day after his arrest, Gajjanmajra appeared before the Mohali court through video conferencing (VC), owing to poor health.
