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Delhi riots:Not given medical treatment in jail for toothache for past 3 days, Umar Khalid allegesPTI
Last Updated: Dec 16, 2020, 07:45 PM IST
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The court directed the jail authorities to file a compliance report before it within two days. It said if the dentist was not available in the jail for check up till next day, Khalid may be taken to a dentist outside the prison also for the check up and for the treatment, if required.
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Umar Khalid says medical treatment denied in Tihar jail for toothache
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Updated Dec 16, 2020 | 19:59 IST
Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid alleged that he was having toothache for the last three days but he has not received any medical treatment yet. Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested in a north east Delhi riots case, alleged before a court here on Wednesday that he has not been given any medical treatment by the Tihar jail authorities for his toothache for the last three days.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dinesh Kumar directed the jail Superintendent to provide proper medical treatment to Khalid as per the prison rules. The court directed the jail authorities to file a compliance report before it within two days.
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Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested in connection with a northeast Delhi riots case, alleged before a court on Wednesday that he has not been given any medical treatment by the Tihar jail authorities.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dinesh Kumar directed the jail superintendent to provide proper medical treatment to Khalid as per the prison rules. The court also directed the jail authorities to file a compliance report within two days.
Khalid claimed that he has been suffering from severe toothache for the past three days.