A Delhi court, on Monday, declined a plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is a Type 2 diabetes patient, to direct prison authorities to administer insulin and allow him to consult a doctor through video conferencing daily for 15 minutes about his health condition.
The court, however, ordered the setting up of a medical panel to decide if the Delhi CM actually needs insulin shots regularly. Special Judge for CBI and ED cases Kaveri Baweja passed the order, directing the AIIMS to constitute a medical board for this.
Kejriwal had, on Friday, alleged he was not being administered insulin in jail leading to "alarming" rise in his blood sugar levels.
In a statement on Sunday, the Tihar administration had said they had arranged a video conference of Kejriwal on April 20 with senior specialists from AIIMS during which neither "the issue of insulin was raised by Kejriwal, nor was it suggested by the doctors".
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the prison administration of denying insulin to Delhi CM and alleged a "conspiracy" to "kill" him.
Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi government's now-scrapped excise policy. He is lodged in Tihar jail since April 1.
