A day after he was granted bail in an alleged cash laundering case and walked out of Tihar Jail after an 18-month jail stint, former Delhi Well being Minister Satyendar Jain Saturday addressed the controversy surrounding leaked CCTV footage from 2022 that confirmed him getting a ‘therapeutic massage’ and consuming meals in his cell.
Explaining that it was a routine physiotherapy session beneficial by docs because of his well being points, he questioned why solely his footage had been leaked when there have been cameras all through the jail complicated. “Tihar has cameras all over the place, so why doesn’t footage of the rest come out? Why is simply my footage accessible? They claimed I used to be having lavish meals, however all I had was seasonal fruit and greens…” He added, “They mentioned I drank bottled water, however I purchased it from the canteen, which is obtainable to everybody. Everybody had a TV; I didn’t have a separate one.”
Jain was arrested in 2022 in relation to a Rs 4.8-crore cash laundering case lodged by the ED.
Questioning the BJP for releasing the video through the Gujarat elections, he alleged that they didn’t need him to obtain correct remedy.
Jain, the MLA from Shakur Basti, additionally claimed the BJP aimed to destroy the AAP by jailing its high leaders. “Arvind Kejriwal had instructed us early on that by attempting to alter the nation’s politics, we might inevitably face jail. However at occasions, we felt this couldn’t truly occur… we didn’t realise how a lot bitterness some leaders carry of their hearts… What bothers them isn’t that Kejriwal entered politics, however he didn’t grow to be like them,” he alleged.
On the fees in opposition to him, he mentioned: “The ED has been investigating this so-called cash laundering case for seven years, and the CBI since 2017. What are these businesses truly doing?”
He additionally expressed his gratitude to the judiciary for his launch, stating, “If not for the judiciary, the BJP would have hanged me.”
In the meantime, Jain additionally supplied prayers at Saraswati Vihar Jain temple alongside together with his household after which met former CM Kejriwal.
Reacting to Jain’s claims, BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor mentioned, “Every time AAP leaders like Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, or now Satyendar Jain are launched on bail, they spin fabricated tales of persecution. If Jain was certainly dealing with discrimination or denied authorized rights, he ought to have raised the matter within the related courtroom somewhat than staying silent…”
