ED lying about CM’s diet; a conspiracy to kill him: Atishi
Diabetic Kejri eating more sugar for med bail: ED
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in an excise scam case, is eating foods high in sugar like mangoes and sweets every day despite having type 2 diabetes to create grounds for medical bail, the ED claimed before a court here on Thursday.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) made the claim before special judge for CBI and ED cases, Kaveri Baweja, who directed the Tihar jail authorities to file a report in the matter, including Kejriwal’s diet chart.
The judge directed the authorities concerned to file the report by tomorrow, when the court is likely to take up the matter again.
“Kejriwal is consciously consuming items like tea with sugar, mango, banana, sweets (1 or 2 pieces), poori, aaloo sabji, etc. on regular basis, despite being a patient of diabetes mellitus type 2 and knowing very well that consumption of such items results in increase in blood sugar. This is being done to create a medical emergency to obtain sympathetic treatment from the court of law on medical grounds,” the ED told the court.
Kejriwal, meanwhile, withdrew his application from the court seeking virtual consultation with his doctor thrice a week for monitoring his blood sugar level and other vitals, claiming that his sugar levels were fluctuating.
NEW DELHI: Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi on Thursday claimed there was a “huge conspiracy” to kill CM Kejriwal, by denying him home-cooked food in the jail. “The BJP through its ED wing is trying to harm Kejriwal’s health. They are trying to stop the supply of home-cooked food to Kejriwal in jail. The ED lied in court and said that Kejriwal is having tea with sugar and eating sweets. This is a complete lie. Kejriwal is taking an artificial sweetener,” she said. “From past few days, Kejriwal’s sugar level is over 300 mg/dl, but he has been denied insulin by Tihar jail authorities. There’s a conspiracy to kill Kejriwal by stopping his home cooked food supply,” she alleged.