Navjot Sidhu assigned role of clerk in Patiala jail
Chandigarh, May 26: Jailed Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has been appointed as ‘munshi’ (assistant) to do clerical work in the Patiala central prison where he is lodged to serve a oneyear jail term in a 1988 road rage death case. The 58-year-old cricketerturned-politician will perform the job from his barrack only because of security reasons, a jail official said.
According to the jail manual, prisoners are categorised as unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled.
Unskilled and semiskilled prisoners get `40 and `50 per day, respectively. Skilled prisoners get `60 per day.
The official said Sidhu has been appointed as ‘munshi’.
A board of doctors has recommended a special diet for the Congress leader after he had sought the same in the jail. His medical examination was conducted on May 23 at Rajindra hospital in Patiala, Punjab.
Sidhu’s special diet includes one cup of rosemary tea or one glass of coconut water in early morning, and one cup of lactose-free milk, one tablespoon of flax/sunflower/melon/chia seeds, five-six almonds, one walnut and two pecan nuts in breakfast.
In the mid-morning meal, the doctors have recommended a glass of juice (beetroot, cucumber, tulsi leaves, Amla, carrot etc), or any of fruits like watermelon, melon, kiwi, guava etc, or sprouted black chana, green gram with cucumber/tomato/half lemon/avocado.
For lunch, the doctors have suggested one bowl of cucumber, seasonal green vegetables with one chapati of sorghum, singhara or ragi flours.
In the evening, he has been recommended a cup of tea with low-fat milk and 25 grams of ‘paneer’ slice or tofu with half lemon.
For dinner, the doctors have recommended mix vegetables and ‘dal’ soup or black chana soup and one bowl of sauteed green vegetables.
At bedtime, Sidhu has been recommended one cup of chamomile tea and one tablespoon of psyllium husk with half glass of warm water.
The Congress leader suffers from medical conditions like embolism and has a liver ailment.