Navjot Singh Sidhu in Jail: The 58-year-old Navjot Singh Sidhu has just eaten fruit, and salad, drinking only tea in jail. Sidhu has been sentenced to one year in jail by the Supreme Court in the 34-year-old road rage case. He surrendered in Patiala Court on Friday. After which he has been sent to Patiala Central Jail. Sidhu has not eaten the lentils and roti of the jail. He is taking only salad, fruits and tea. He says that due to illness he cannot eat other things. He has eaten only a few fruits without seeds.
In Patiala jails' canteen where Sidhu also has a prepaid card facility by which he can get the food within the given card limit and the food according to his taste given in the jail canteen's rule. Sidhu is using this card to buy boiled food, fruits and more from jails' canteen. However, this card also has a limit which can be recharged by Sidhu's loved one when needed.
Navjot Sidhu may file a curative petition in Supreme Court tomorrow. Sidhu had earlier tried to file a curative petition to avoid arrest. However, the Supreme Court refused its urgent hearing. Sidhu's lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi was asked to file the petition as per the due process. Because of this Sidhu had to surrender on Friday itself.
However, A senior Police official, who doesn’t want to name himself, told TrueScoop that his prisoner number is 137683 and he is in barrack number 10 along with five other prisoners of murder. Sidhu’s bed number is three which is made up of cement.
Answering the security question, the police official maintained the secrecy and said we can’t give you the detailed number of security personnel due to security reasons. According to that senior police official, last night he came to jail after dinner, so he only took medicine. “As he informed the Police that he is allergic to wheat, so another special medical test is underway after which only the Jail authority will decide on a special diet”, he added.
Sidhu is also not being given any VIP treatment. Inside the jail, Sidhu will have to wear white clothes with the prisoners. As per reports, a chair table, a cupboard, 2 turbans, a blanket, a bed, three underwear, and a vest, 2 towels, a mosquito net, a copy-pan, pair of shoes, 2 bedsheets, two pillow covers, and 4 kurta-pyjamas are given to Sidhu.
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Former PPCC chief Navjot Sidhu will have to work without pay for 3 months in jail. After this, he will be given normal daily wages as given to other prisoners. Jail Minister Harjot Bains said that Sidhu will not get VIP treatment in jail. He said that Sidhu is also a prisoner now. He will remain in the jail-like other prisoners.
A day before yesterday, Sidhu has been sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a 34-year-old case.