Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi and Congress leader and former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu are in the same barrack in the Patiala Central Jail in Punjab.<\/p>\n
The other high-profile politician in the jail is Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother-in-law of MP Sukhbir Badal.<\/p>\n
A Patiala district court on Thursday upheld the two-year jail term of Mehndi, who in 2018 was sentenced for a 2003 human trafficking case.<\/p>\n
Mehndi has been kept in barrack number 10 where Sidhu is also undergoing his sentence, a jail official said, requesting anonymity.<\/p>\n
Majithia has been lodged in the neighbouring barrack in a drugs case registered against him in December last year.<\/p>\n
Jail officials said while Mehndi and Majithia are not having a special diet or home-cooked food, Sidhu, who was sentenced to one-year in prison by the Supreme Court in a road rage case of 1988 in which a 65-year-old man was killed, is having a special diet as recommended by the medical board owing to his medical conditions.<\/p>\n
Sidhu’s high fibre and low fat diet mainly comprises fruits and vegetables. The meal is cooked without desi ghee, butter or any other saturated fatty oils.<\/p>\n
Former state Congress chief Sidhu on May 20 surrendered before a court in his hometown Patiala in the road rage case in which the apex court enhanced his punishment to a year’s rigorous imprisonment.<\/p>\n
All high-profile have been lodged in ordinary barracks as the AAP government has decided to junk special cells in jails for VIP prisoners across the state.<\/p>\n
Majithia, one of the most powerful SAD leaders, is often complaining of insecure and poor living conditions in the jail.<\/p>\n
As per a jail official, Majithia has opted the “normal food” like of other inmates even he can cook food as per his taste.<\/p>\n
Both Sidhu and Majithia, who are facing charges in a drugs case, were once close friends but are now political enemies.<\/p>\n
They were in fray from Amritsar East in the recently held Assembly polls and the seat witnessed a bitter battle. They faced defeat from AAP’s greenhorn Jeevan Jyot Kaur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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