NEW DELHI: Manish Sisodia will be lodged in Tihar jail no. 1 during his two-week judicial custody and could be allotted a meditation cell on discretion of the jail superintendent, officials said on Monday.Sisodia will be kept alone in a separate cell located away from his colleague, former minister Satyendar Jain, said a source.The jail administration said they had made elaborate arrangements to house Sisodia during his judicial custody. The officials said they would go strictly as per the jail manual and the court order pertaining to him.One of the concerns for the prison authorities is to avoid a rerun of a controversy that broke out after Jain was found getting VIP treatment in jail. Jain, who was arrested in a money laundering case, is lodged in jail number 7.Sisodia will be alone in his barrack and won’t be given any VIP treatment in jail, officials asserted. “The jail superintendent will take a call on lodging Sisodia in the vipassana/meditation cell,” an official said.According to the Tihar officer, Sisodia will get dal, chawal, sabzi and rotis or rice for dinner. “CCTVs are installed outside his cell to keep an eye on him. There was also a discussion about his security arrangements,” he said.Another officer said that Sisodia may get a few jail staff when he goes out from his ward for some work inside the prison so that no untoward incident takes place. “So far, he has not requested anything. He will follow the same rules as other undertrial prisoners,” the officer said.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/tihar-jail-no-1-for-manish-sisodia-cell-away-from-satyendar-jain/articleshow/98462868.cms
