Accused denied Jain food cites health issues, notice to prison
Mumbai: After an accused told the special PMLA court on Tuesday that his health seriously deteriorated as he was only surviving on chapatis for a month due to the jail's non-compliance to court order in providing him with Jain food, the judge issued a notice to the superintendent of Arthur Road Jail and sought a report by Friday.
Through his lawyer, Viral Babar, the accused, Riteshkumar Shah, submitted that despite a clear directive from the court issued over a month ago, he was denied his religious dietary requirements. Shah has been in judicial custody at Arthur Road Jail since March. The
Enforcement Directorate
arrested him in a money laundering probe involving fraudulent bank accounts created using innocent people's identities for hawala and suspicious transactions at Malegaon. Shah was previously arrested in another offence in Gujarat before his arrest in the current case. tnn
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