Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is a Type-2 Diabetes patient, was given insulin in Tihar Jail after his sugar level spiked to 320, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sources said on Tuesday. This came a day after the jailed Chief Minister claimed that the prison administration's recent statement on his health was false amid the "denied insulin" row.
The AAP supremo is currently under judicial custody at the Tihar Jail till April 23, when the next hearing will take place.
Further confirming the development, a Tihar Jail source told India Today TV that two units of insulin was given to Kejriwal on Monday evening after a doctor from AIIMS advised the prison administration to administer a dosage if absolutely necessary.
Earlier on Monday, Kejriwal, in a letter to the Superintendent of Tihar, said that he had been requesting insulin as his glucose metre reading had a "dangerous" range between 250 and 320.
On April 20, doctors from AIIMS provided a 40-minute consultation to the AAP supremo on Saturday, during which he was assured of no serious health concerns and was advised to continue taking the prescribed medicines, a prison source had said earlier.
The AAP has accused the Tihar Jail administration of "conspiring to kill" the party supremo by denying him insulin.
Source: India Today