Jail videos | Satyendar Jain withdraws from Delhi court plea for contempt action against ED

During a bail hearing earlier, the ED had accused Satyendar Jain of getting special treatment inside the jail

Jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain on November 28 withdrew from a Delhi court his plea seeking contempt proceedings against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for allegedly leaking CCTV footage of his prison cell to the media.

The counsel for Mr. Jain told Special Judge Vikas Dhull that they would move appropriate forum for relief in the matter, after which the court allowed withdrawal of the application.

The plea had accused the ED of leaking the CCTV footage of the politician getting massage inside the Tihar jail “despite an undertaking given in the court”.

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A CCTV footage of Mr. Jain getting a massage in Tihar Jail emerged earlier this month, followed by several other video clips.

During a bail hearing earlier, the ED had accused Mr. Jain of getting special treatment inside the jail.

The court had earlier ordered the ED as well as Mr. Jain's legal team not to leak any content of affidavits and video in this regard, and had taken their undertakings.