Satyendar Jain withdraws contempt plea against ED

Delhis jailed minister Satyender Jain on Monday withdrew the contempt plea moved against Enforcement Directorate ED in connection with the leak of his Tihar CCTV footageThe plea was moved by Satyendra Jain against ED alleging that the agency leaked the CCTV videos despite the undertaking given in courtAdvocates Rishikesh Kumar and Mohd Irshad appearing for Jain on Monday apprised the special court that the minister wished to withdraw the contempt pleaThe Special Judge Vikas Dhull after taking note of the statement allowed for the withdrawal of the plea The same court fixed Tuesdays date for a hearing on another application of Satyender Jain with regard to his medical treatment in TiharJain recently moved the court seeking contempt action against ED alleging that ED leaked the CCTV video despite the undertaking given in the courtA CCTV video of Jain getting a body massage in Tihar Jail emerged on social media recentlyAlso Read Mamata likely to officially announce two new districts on TuesdayThe purported CCTV footage dated September 13 shows the minister lying on his bed and reading some papers while a man sitting next to him is seen massaging his footIn another video shared by BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on his official Twitter handle a man is massaging the Delhi ministers legs and back before proceeding to give him a full head massage The videos surfaced on social media on Saturday around 10 days after the ED accused minister Jain who was arrested in a money laundering case of getting special treatment inside the Tihar jailUnknown persons gave massages and foot massages to Jain even beyond curfew hours He was given special food the ED had said in the court Soon after this the Superintendent of Delhis Tihar jail Ajit Kumar was also suspended for the alleged VIP treatment of jailed Delhi ministerJain has been in jail since June in connection with a money laundering case and a Delhi court also denied his bail applicationThe same court on Saturday dismissed the plea moved by Jain for special food as per his religious beliefs The court while passed the order stated that Tihar records prima facie shows that its officials of jail were providing preferential treatment to Satyneder Jain by providing fruits and vegetables being Minister of Government of Delhi in violation of DPR 2018