India | Posted on Jan 13, 2009 at 09:24pm IST

Raju spends time in jail reading books, paper

Press Trust Of India

Hyderabad: Disgraced former chairman of Satyam Computers, B Ramalinga Raju spent his fourth day in the Chanchalguda Central prison reading books, news magazines and newspapers.

Raju has been shifted from the regular admission block to the nearby barrack where he is leading a quite life and is remained to himself, a senior prison official told PTI.

Besides his routine activities in the jail, Raju is also going for a stroll in the evening hours, the official said.

As per the magistrate's directions, Raju's health is also being checked on a routine basis, he said.

Raju, who confessed to fudging Satyam's accounts to the tune of Rs 7,800 crores, was sent to judicial custody on January 10 and is now spending most of his time in the jail by reading books and is keeping himself abreast with latest developments through newspapers.

Raju, considered as an IT icon from Andhra Pradesh, is being treated as 'C' class prisoner and is being provided with normal jail food. The only solace to him is that he is being allowed to wear his usual clothes.

As he is an under trial, Raju is wearing usual dresses and not prison uniform, the officer said, adding, "his son who visited him on Monday brought some books and news magazines besides clothes".

Raju is sharing the barrack with his brother and former managing director of Satyam Rama Raju, Satyam's former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas and a stranger who is an accused in a minor case, he said.

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