ED asks HC to conduct medical examination of Satyendar Jain at an independent hospital instead of government LNJP

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking arrest of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain for conducting medical examinations at hospitals like AIIMS, RML, or Safdarjung instead of state-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP). done. Hospital where he is currently admitted. The petition was listed for hearing before Justice Yogesh Khanna on Tuesday, but the proceedings could not take place.

Jain to either All. seeking to transfer to India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, or Safdarjung Hospital, ED submitted that independent assessment of his health is required as he held the portfolio of Delhi’s health minister before his arrest. Further, the probe agency claimed that on June 27, the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case had gone to LNJP Hospital, where he found that Jain was sleeping on the patient’s bed without any cannula and even the multipara patient monitor. was also switched. He was not being monitored with any medical equipment and his wife was present in the room.

When the IO reached the room, the respondent immediately wore an oxygen mask, BP equipment belt and the monitor was on. It was in these suspicious circumstances and the fact that prima facie the condition of the respondent was not such as to require hospitalisation, an application (before the trial court) was made to direct him to Like can be admitted to any independent hospital. Lohia Hospital or AIIMS Hospital in New Delhi asked for an independent assessment of his health, saying the trial court had rejected the application. The Enforcement Directorate has challenged the July 6 order of a trial court in which the special judge had rejected the agency’s request for medical evaluation of the accused by any independent hospital like Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital or AIIMS instead of LNJP Hospital. .

The agency said Jain, who was holding the charge of health minister in the Delhi government, has been featured prominently on the home page of the LNJP hospital’s website as well as on a plaque at the hospital to commemorate the inauguration by him as a guest. has gone. Of respect It has also challenged the July 19 order of the trial court passed in Jain’s interim bail application raising the issue of transfer of him to some other hospital for proper evaluation. The trial court had adjourned the matter for arguments on July 29 and sought a detailed medical report from LNJP Hospital.

The Enforcement Directorate has serious doubts as to whether the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital or even the GB Pant Hospital would be able to independently assess the medical condition of the respondent (Jain), as these hospitals continue to prominently display keep. The photograph of the respondent on its home page and furthermore, as evident from the plaque commemorating the inauguration of Lok Nayak Hospital, it is clear that this was done as a guest of honor in the presence of the respondent, who had the portfolio. The petition states that the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of NCT Delhi. The ED’s plea said that Jain should be examined either at AIIMS, RML or Safdarjung Hospital.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was arrested on May 30 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and was first remanded to police custody and then to judicial custody. The ED had earlier attached assets worth Rs 4.81 crore of Jain’s family and companies “beneficially owned and controlled” by them as part of a money laundering probe against them.

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