NEW DELHI: After Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland case, claimed attempts were made to poison him in prison, a Delhi court sought on Thursday a response from the Tihar Jail authorities on his plea.
Alleging there were attempts to poison him in 2019, he moved an application seeking adequate security arrangements in jail. The court of special judge Sanjeev Aggarwal sought a status report from DG (Prisons), Tihar Jail, on the application filed by James over the “specific serious allegations”.
“A report be also called from the DG (Prisons), Tihar Jail on the above application of accused No 35 (James) … with directions to file a status report as to what action was taken with regard to the allegations made by the aforesaid accused … regarding the alleged attempts on his life on dates mentioned in the said application by way of poisoning,” the judge said, adding that the report must be filed by April 16. The court, meanwhile, also directed the prison authorities to take James to AIIMS Delhi orthopaedic department on April 7, in the morning hours, to be seen by a treating surgeon/doctor to alleviate his pain.
Earlier, James complained of persistent pain following surgery on Feb 11 this year.
On March 7, days after he was granted bail, James offered to finish his sentence and leave India instead of walking out on bail. Saying that because of “security risks,” he would rather finish his sentence and leave India instead of being released on bail, he submitted before the court, “I can’t accept the bail. It’s unsafe. Every time I step out of Tihar, something happens. The problem I am having is with the police.”
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