INDIAN MP IN JAILTAKES WEIGHTLOSS PROBLEM TO COURT INDIA NEWS HEADLINES STORY
WEIGHTLOSS PROBLEM OF JAILED MP TO COURT, NEW DELHI, INDIA NEWS HEADLINES STORY: - An RJD MP Pappu Yadav weighs 150 kg and is desperate to get in shape but finds jail is no place to do that. He is being tried for murder in a Purnea court, but right now his biggest problem is “morbid obesity”—a life threatening weight problem. Yadav, who represents Bihar’s Madhepura constituency in the Lok Sabha, is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar prison for his alleged involvement in the murder of CPM leader Ajit Sarkar in June 1998.
A bench comprising Justice S B Sinha and Justice H S Bedi asked AIIMS to file a report on Yadav's health within two weeks. Yadav has a filed a petition before the Supreme Court, appealing for treatment outside Tihar jail. The court on Monday issued notice to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and asked the hospital to conduct tests on Yadav and determine if he needed treatment. The RJD member was earlier shifted from Beur Jail of Patna to Tihar Jail after the apex court cancelled his bail Jan 19, 2005, taking strong exception to the "five star" treatment being provided to him there despite being an under-trial. IANS reports the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has already told the court that it had no objection to Yadav undergoing treatment outside Tihar Jail in case the jail manual permits it.
