Hans News Service New Delhi

TheDelhi Police has moved a court here seeking recall or modification of an order that allowed 2020 Delhi riots accused Shahrukh Pathan to receive four raw eggs daily and keep a separate television in his high-security prison cell, saying the directions require reconsideration. Pathan has been accused of pointing a gun at a police constable during the riots. The plea has been filed against an order passed by Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai on June 4 after the counsel of the accused submitted that his client, who is lodged in the Tihar Jail, is facing frustration and depression due to prolonged incarceration. In the June 4 order, the court allowed an application moved by Pathan seeking four raw eggs every day instead of boiled eggs and permission to have a separate television in his cell at his own expense. Pathan’s counsel had argued that boiled eggs did not suit him and made him ill.

The defence had also submitted that since Pathan was lodged in a separate cell as a high-risk inmate, he was unable to watch television programmes of his choice on the common TV meant for multiple prisoners, adding that prolonged incarceration had left him frustrated and depressed. Accepting the request, the court directed the Tihar Jail superintendent to provide Pathan four raw eggs every day instead of boiled eggs.