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Delhi Ex-Minister Satyendar Jain In ICU After Slipping In Tihar Jail Washroom

This was the second time in the past week that Satyendar Jain was taken to a hospital.

Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain
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Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was admitted to Delhi's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital on Thursday morning. He has been shifted to LNJP Hospital and has been put on oxygen support after he fell inside the washroom of the Tihar jail complex.

"Satyendar Jain has been admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. He collapsed due to dizziness in bathroom of Tihar Jail. Even before this, Satyendar Jain had fallen in the bathroom and had a serious spinal injury," the Aam Aadmi Party said.

A senior jail official said that around 6 am on Thursday, undertrial prisoner Satyendar Jain slipped in the bathroom of MI room of the hospital of central jail number-7, where he was kept under observation for general weakness.

He was examined by doctors and his vitals were found normal. Jain was referred to the DDU Hospital as he complained of pain in his back, left leg and shoulder, the official said. On Monday, Jain was taken to the Safdarjung Hospital as he was feeling unwell.

Wishing speedy recovery to Jain, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, "May God give him the strength to fight against these adverse circumstances." "A dictator is adamant to punish the person who worked day and night to provide good treatment and good health to the public. God is watching and will serve justice to all. I pray for Satyendra Jain's speedy recovery. May God give him the strength to fight against these adverse circumstances," Kejriwal wrote on Twitter.

Jain has been lodged in prison since his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case in May.

(With inputs from PTI)