He has been in Tihar jail since May 2022.
New Delhi: On Friday, 26 May 2023, The SC granted six weeks interim bail to Delhi's former minister Satyendar Jain, just a day after he was admitted to an ICU.
Jain was admitted to Delhi's LNJP Hospital after he collapsed in a bathroom of Tihar Jail due to dizziness.
This was the second time in a week that he had been taken to a hospital for medical attention.
On Monday, he was examined at Safdarjung Hospital for a spinal injury that he had earlier sustained from another fall in the jail's bathroom, according to jail officials.
The AAP leader has been in Tihar jail since his arrest by the ED in connection with a money laundering case in May 2022.
The probe agency has accused Satyendar Jain of laundering money through shell companies and buying land with illegal funds.
The former Delhi minister has denied the charges and said they were politically motivated.
Mr. Jain was a prominent member of Arvind Kejriwal's cabinet and held several posts, including health, home, and urban development.
He resigned from his post in January 2023 while he was still in jail.
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