On Thursday, Former union finance minister P. Chidambaram spent his first night at the Tihar prison’s Jail No. 7 after court sent him to two-week judicial custody in the INX Media corruption case, started his day with a light breakfast on Friday. He was brought to the jail on Thursday evening and he has got no special facilities, except a separate cell and a Western toilet as specified by the court, prison officials said.
Souces said Mr. Chidambaram had a light breakfast on Thursday night; he had rotis, dal, sabji and rice, as per the prison’s menu.
After the mandatory medical check-up, Mr. Chidambaram was lodged in Jail No. 7, where usually those are kept who are accused in Enforcement Directorate cases. The cell was prepared in advance, the officials said.
The court allowed him to carry his prescribed medicines, spectacles to the jail and directed that he be kept in a separate cell in the Tihar prison as he is a protectee under Z-security.
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