Delhi CM Kejriwal meets ‘brave hero’, ex-minister Satyendar Jain in hospital

Kejriwal tweeted photographs of former Delhi health minister SatyendarJain with his head bandaged and left arm in a sling.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain at Lok Nayak Hospital on Sunday, where he is being treated after reportedly suffering a blood clot in his head because of an injury sustained when he fell in the bathroom of Tihar jail on May 25.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with Satyendar Jain at Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI)

Jain was granted interim bail for six weeks on medical grounds by the Supreme Court on Friday after being held in Tihar Jail for nearly a year on suspicion of money laundering.

While tweeting pictures of the meeting, Kejriwal referred to Jain as a “brave man” and “hero.” Jain was photographed with his head bandaged and left arm in a sling.

Responding to the meeting, Praveen Shankar Kapoor, the Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, said, “If Arvind Kejriwal truly feels that Satyendar Jain is a hero or a brave man, why did he never visit Jain in jail?”

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The Supreme Court, which will hear the case again on July 10, barred Jain from speaking to the media while granting him bail. In addition, it forbade him from persuading witnesses, tampering with evidence, or fleeing Delhi.

ED’s money laundering case against the former minister is based on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) complaint. According to the CBI first information report, Jain acquired movable properties at a rate disproportionate to his income between 2015 and 2017. Jain and the AAP have repeatedly denied the allegations, calling them a political vendetta against the party. Jain, a key figure in the cabinet, resigned as a minister in February of this year, along with former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.