Former Punjab Congress chief has been sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court docket in a 1988 street rage dying case
Former Punjab Congress chief has been sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court docket in a 1988 street rage dying case
Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, lodged in Patiala central jail to serve a one-year jail time period in a 1988 road rage death case, was taken to Rajindra Hospital in Patiala underneath heavy safety on Monday morning for medical examination, official sources mentioned.
The cricketer-turned-politician’s counsel H.P.S. Verma mentioned Sidhu has sought a particular weight loss program in jail. He mentioned a board of docs will perform an in depth medical examination of Sidhu on the hospital.
“The board of docs will see what particular weight loss program is required after which it would submit its report in an area court docket (in Patiala),” Mr. Verma mentioned over the cellphone.
In accordance with the counsel, Sidhu can’t devour wheat, sugar, ‘maida’ and another meals objects. “He can have berries, papaya, guava, double-toned milk and meals objects which wouldn’t have fibre and carbohydrates,” Mr. Verma mentioned.
After the board of docs perform a medical examination, a report might be submitted within the court docket of chief judicial Justice of the Peace, he mentioned.
The 58-year-old Congress chief suffers from medical circumstances like embolism and has a liver ailment. In 2015, Sidhu additionally underwent remedy for acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) at a hospital in Delhi.
DVT is brought on by a blood clot in a deep vein which hinders the conventional blood move.
A number of Congress supporters reached Rajindra Hospital after Sidhu was introduced there. The previous Punjab Congress chief on Could 20 was despatched to Patiala central jail after he surrendered before a local court. He has been sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court docket in a 1988 street rage dying case.
The apex court docket had sentenced Sidhu within the 34-year-old case, saying any undue sympathy in imposing an insufficient sentence would do extra hurt to the justice system and undermine the general public confidence within the efficacy of regulation.
A 65-year-old man, named Gurnam Singh, had died within the incident.
