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Satyendar Jain is reportedly abusing Tihar jail officers and threatening them with dire penalties as soon as he will get out of the jail.
Top officers of Tihar Jail right here have accused minister Satyendar Jain of threatening and intimidating them and complained in opposition to him to the Director-General (Prisons), sources mentioned on Thursday.
Jain has been in jail since he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate final yr in reference to a cash laundering case. Purported movies of him getting massages and assembly guests contained in the jail had created a furore with the opposition demanding his removing from Cabinet.
Sources mentioned the Additional Inspector General – Prisons (Tihar Jail), Superintendent of Jail No. 07 (SCJ-7), Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent and the Law Officer complained to the Director-General (Prisons) that Jain had been “abusing them and threatening them with dire penalties as soon as he will get out of the jail”.
“Jain has been blatantly intimidating these officers and others for their acts trying to prevent him from availing facilities of massage, lavish food and other VIP treatments that came to the fore recently,” a supply mentioned.
Two officers complained in opposition to Jain in an “incident report” on December 8.
They claimed that Jain threatened them when they had gone to serve a showcause notice to him according to Rule 1,272 of DPR, 2018, with respect to Punishment Tickets, pertaining to November 25, dealing with “Jain’s misdemeanours in the jail”.
There was no instant response from the AAP or the Delhi authorities.
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