Delhi court finds Michel’s weight loss complaint ‘incorrect’

A Delhi court on Monday found a complaint by Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, that he has lost 16 kilogram, to be “incorrect” after Tihar Jail doctors submitted that he has lost only 1.1 kg since March.

Michel’s counsel submitted that he may have lost 16 kg since December when he was arrested. To this, Tihar Jail doctors said that “if he weighed 16 kg more earlier, then he was unhealthy at time” and “the height and weight as of today, is the healthiest”. During the day’s proceeding Michel’s counsel Aljo K Joseph also sought that Michel be served with boiled eggs. Jail authorities informed the court that there are over 2,000 prisoners in the jail out of which around 1,500 are likely to be non-vegetarians, arguing that it could not discriminate between inmates.

The jail doctor submitted that “he (Michel) does not need it, but if he wants it then...” “He wants it, my lord, that is what he has told me,” said Michel’s counsel and seeking special directions from the court.