<p>Night in a 10 ft by 15 ft cell with a rolled up blanket as a pillow, a spartan breakfast of bread and tea and some Tamil newspapers - DMK MP Kanimozhi's first day behind bars at the Tihar jail here was a far cry from the luxuries she is accustomed to.<br /><br />The Rajya Sabha member and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi's daughter spent her night in Ward 8, the women's ward of jail number six at Tihar, officials said Saturday. <br /><br />Arrested after being denied bail by the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in the 2G spectrum scam, Kanimozhi, 43, was brought to Tihar around 4.30 p.m. Friday. <br />According to jail sources, a blanket was allowed to be used as cushion for the night and Kanimozhi went to sleep around 11 p.m. <br /><br />"She slept around 11 in the night, got up around 5-5.30 a.m., took a bath and had her breakfast from the jail canteen," a Tihar jail official told IANS. <br /><br />"Her breakfast was simple - bread slices with butter and tea. She read some Tamil newspapers before starting for the court at 9 a.m.," the official said. <br /><br />In Tihar, her next door companions include Madhuri Gupta, the junior Indian diplomatic official who was arrested here on charges of spying for Pakistan's intelligence agency, and alleged spy Sonu Punjaban. <br /><br />"Kanimozhi has been kept in the 'first time offenders ward'," the official added.<br />He said her cell has a TV set and a small curtained toilet.<br /><br />She complained about mosquitoes and asked for a mosquito repellent. <br /><br />"She also chatted with some other inmates, specially the Tamil inmates in the women's ward last evening," the official added.<br /><br />He said she would not be allowed to interact with others accused in the 2G spectrum scam.</p>
<p>Night in a 10 ft by 15 ft cell with a rolled up blanket as a pillow, a spartan breakfast of bread and tea and some Tamil newspapers - DMK MP Kanimozhi's first day behind bars at the Tihar jail here was a far cry from the luxuries she is accustomed to.<br /><br />The Rajya Sabha member and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi's daughter spent her night in Ward 8, the women's ward of jail number six at Tihar, officials said Saturday. <br /><br />Arrested after being denied bail by the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in the 2G spectrum scam, Kanimozhi, 43, was brought to Tihar around 4.30 p.m. Friday. <br />According to jail sources, a blanket was allowed to be used as cushion for the night and Kanimozhi went to sleep around 11 p.m. <br /><br />"She slept around 11 in the night, got up around 5-5.30 a.m., took a bath and had her breakfast from the jail canteen," a Tihar jail official told IANS. <br /><br />"Her breakfast was simple - bread slices with butter and tea. She read some Tamil newspapers before starting for the court at 9 a.m.," the official said. <br /><br />In Tihar, her next door companions include Madhuri Gupta, the junior Indian diplomatic official who was arrested here on charges of spying for Pakistan's intelligence agency, and alleged spy Sonu Punjaban. <br /><br />"Kanimozhi has been kept in the 'first time offenders ward'," the official added.<br />He said her cell has a TV set and a small curtained toilet.<br /><br />She complained about mosquitoes and asked for a mosquito repellent. <br /><br />"She also chatted with some other inmates, specially the Tamil inmates in the women's ward last evening," the official added.<br /><br />He said she would not be allowed to interact with others accused in the 2G spectrum scam.</p>