Arvind Kejriwal lost 2 kg in prison, say Tihar sources amid AAP’s allegations

Tihar jail sources clarify Arvind Kejriwal's weight loss, monitored by AIIMS, amid AAP allegations, medical attention concerns.

A day after the AAP claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had lost 8.5 kg in prison, Tihar jail sources on July 15 said he had only lost 2 kg and he was being regularly monitored by a medical board of AIIMS.

The sources said the jail administration has written to the Delhi Government's Home Department regarding the allegations levelled by AAP Ministers and leaders, saying that such a narrative "confuses and misleads the public".

Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that with this, the Tihar authorities have accepted that Mr. Kejriwal has lost weight.

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had on Sunday alleged that the BJP was conspiring to harm Mr. Kejriwal's health by keeping him in jail and that he was not getting the necessary medical attention as a diabetic.

Delhi Cabinet Minister Atishi had expressed concern over Mr. Kejriwal's "unexplained weight loss of 8.5 kg" since his arrest and claimed that his sugar level had dropped below 50 mg/dL more than five times in prison.

According to Mr. Kejriwal's health report shared by the Tihar sources, Mr. Kejriwal weighed 65 kg when he first came to prison on April 1 and 66 kg between April 8 and 29.