‘Inhumane’: AAP Claims Arvind Kejriwal Not Being Allowed to Meet Wife in Tihar Jail – News18

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Saturday claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is currently imprisoned at Tihar Jail has been denied permission to meet his family, including his wife Sunita, in person.

Calling the move ‘inhumane’, Singh said that the AAP supremo is not being allowed to meet his family at ‘mulakat jangla’ and can only see his wife through a window.

“There is an attempt to break the morale of CM Kejriwal. His family has not been allowed in-person meetings with him. They are only allowed to meet him through the jangla. This is inhuman. Even hardcore criminals are allowed in-person meetings,” the AAP leader said.

For the unversed, the ‘mulakat jangla’ is an iron mesh which separates the inmate from the visitor in a room inside the jail. A visitor and an inmate can talk to each other by sitting on different sides of the mesh.

While there was no immediate reaction from the Tihar administration on Sanjay Singh’s claim, the chief minister was allowed to meet his wife Sunita Kejriwal and personal secretary Bibhav Kumar inside the prison on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the jail authorities scheduled Kejriwal’s meeting with his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann for April 15, saying that he could meet the AAP convener, but as a normal visitor in the ‘mulakat jangla’.