New Delhi [India], April 23 (HBTV): Tihar Jail Director General (Prisons) Sanjay Beniwal on Tuesday refuted allegations of partiality and neglect in treatment of jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He assured that food is provided on schedule to all jail inmates, and any delay is due to necessary checks. Further, he asserted that there are 900-1000 diabetic inmates.  

Speaking about the Aam Aadmi Party's claim that the Delhi chief minister is not being given insulin, the official claimed he oversees 900-1000 inmates with diabetes. He dismissed the concerns saying, "These are not issues, but if people raise it for political issues, I do not enter into that." 

"There is a fixed time for giving food and through a court order, he gets home food. If it takes five to seven minutes till the time it reaches him after checking, it is bound to happen. Around 900-1000 inmates have diabetes. I am managing between 900-1000 patients every day out of the inmate population. For me, these are not issues but if people raise it for political issues, I do not enter into that," Beniwal told ANI.   

The official also revealed that each jail has a visiting judge to inspect and listen to inmates' grievances. 

‘Every jail has a visiting judge who checks whether everyone has the health facilities they should have, whether there is medicine, whether the place where the inmates sleep is clean, whether the bathroom is clean, and whether they have access to legal redress,’ he said.     

‘Every jail has an appointed visiting judge who checks and gives his report based on which corrections also happen, and he (the visiting judge) also listens to the inmates' grievances. So if there is a grievance, there is a process to write it, and we will process it,’ he told ANI.  

Speaking on Arvind Kejriwal writing to the Tihar Jail Superintendent, the Tihar Jail Director General said, ‘There are 20,000 people living here with me, everyone has some or the other problem, some real, some perceived. But if there are problems, we have to arrange for their redress.’     

Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) about the Delhi Excise Policy case. The trial court, on April 15, extended Kejriwal’s judicial custody till April 23. 

The ED alleges that the Aam Adami Party is the major beneficiary of proceeds of crime generated in the alleged liquor scam.     

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.