<p>A Tihar jail superintendent has been suspended for alleged involvement in providing special treatment to AAP minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/satyendar-jain" target="_blank">Satyendar Jain </a>who has been lodged in prison in a money laundering case, sources said on Monday.</p>.<p>Last week, the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/ed" target="_blank">Enforcement Directorate (ED)</a> claimed in a court here that Jain was getting special treatment inside the Tihar Jail.</p>.<p>"Jail Superintendent of Tihar Jail no. 7, Ajit Kumar, DANICS, has been suspended. He has prima facie been found to have committed irregularities that warrant inquiry," a source in the prison department of the Delhi Government said, adding that the matter was connected to Jain getting special treatment in the jail.</p>.<p>The ED had made the submission before Special Judge Vikas Dhull while concluding its arguments opposing Jain's plea against the money laundering case.</p>.<p>"Unknown persons were giving massages and foot massages to Jain, even beyond curfew hours. He was given special food," said Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S V Raju, appearing for the ED.</p>.<p>The ASG shared certain CCTV images with the court and alleged that most of the time Jain was either in hospital or in jail enjoying various facilities. The 58-year-old Delhi minister was arrested on May 30.</p>.<p>Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-prisons-chief-sandeep-goel-transferred-after-conman-sukesh-chandrasekhars-allegations-1159303.html" target="_blank">Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel was transferred</a> from the Tihar Jail, days after incarcerated conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar alleged extortion of Rs 10 crore for protection in prison by Goel and Jain.</p>.<p>The Aam Aadmi Party had dismissed the allegations, calling them absurd and baseless.</p>
<p>A Tihar jail superintendent has been suspended for alleged involvement in providing special treatment to AAP minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/satyendar-jain" target="_blank">Satyendar Jain </a>who has been lodged in prison in a money laundering case, sources said on Monday.</p>.<p>Last week, the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/ed" target="_blank">Enforcement Directorate (ED)</a> claimed in a court here that Jain was getting special treatment inside the Tihar Jail.</p>.<p>"Jail Superintendent of Tihar Jail no. 7, Ajit Kumar, DANICS, has been suspended. He has prima facie been found to have committed irregularities that warrant inquiry," a source in the prison department of the Delhi Government said, adding that the matter was connected to Jain getting special treatment in the jail.</p>.<p>The ED had made the submission before Special Judge Vikas Dhull while concluding its arguments opposing Jain's plea against the money laundering case.</p>.<p>"Unknown persons were giving massages and foot massages to Jain, even beyond curfew hours. He was given special food," said Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S V Raju, appearing for the ED.</p>.<p>The ASG shared certain CCTV images with the court and alleged that most of the time Jain was either in hospital or in jail enjoying various facilities. The 58-year-old Delhi minister was arrested on May 30.</p>.<p>Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-prisons-chief-sandeep-goel-transferred-after-conman-sukesh-chandrasekhars-allegations-1159303.html" target="_blank">Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel was transferred</a> from the Tihar Jail, days after incarcerated conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar alleged extortion of Rs 10 crore for protection in prison by Goel and Jain.</p>.<p>The Aam Aadmi Party had dismissed the allegations, calling them absurd and baseless.</p>