HC allows Chautala’s treatment at RML hospital

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court (HC) on Wednesday gave a nod to former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's treatment at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here.

Justice Siddharth Mridul asked Tihar jail superintendent to take 80-year-old Chautala, who is serving a 10-year jail term in the teachers recruitment scam case, to hospital in police custody "as an when required to be taken".

The court gave the direction after senior advocate N Hariharan and advocate Amit Sahni, appearing for Chautala, pleaded with the court that his client (OP Chautala) is “suffering from various ailments including tuberculosis, peripheral neuritis, low backache, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.”

“It is stated that he had availed treatment from RML and Medanta, the Medicity Hospital post-conviction and all medical history of the applicant/appellant is lying with RML or Medanta," the petition said. The counsel further informed the bench that Chautala wished to avoid the ordeal of undergoing a fresh series of medical tests, which cause physical and mental trauma. On January 22, 2013, a special CBI court had sentenced Chautala and his son Ajay and given them 10-year jail for illegally recruiting junior teachers in 2000. PTI