New Delhi: The Tihar jail authorities on Thursday told a special court here that one of the accused in the December 16 gangrape case is being given proper medical care in the hospital where he is admitted and the doctors there are not on strike. "It has been confirmed from the guard, who is escorting guarding the accused Vinay Sharma at LNJP Hospital that the doctors of the hospital are not on strike and are visiting the accused regularly," the jail authorities told Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna.
The jail authorities' reply came on a plea filed by Vinay's counsel AP Singh who had alleged that his client has been "poisoned" in Tihar jail and is critically ill. Vinay has been hospitalised for almost two weeks now.
The judge has sought the medical record of Vinay from the doctors treating him at LNJP Hospital and said "...the exact condition of the accused is not disclosed in the report and it is stated that the medical status report of the accused shall be submitted by the treating doctor at LNJP Hospital. The said report be obtained and be filed tomorrow."
Vinay's lawyer, has claimed his client was being poisoned in jail, an allegation that has been denied by Tihar Jail authorities. Vinay was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital on May 4. He was suffering from high fever, sore throat and mouth ulcers....
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