Bhim Army chief, Chandrashekhar Azad suffering from polycythemia
New Delhi, Jan 07: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, arrested in connection with violence in old Delhi's Daryaganj area, moved a court here on Monday through his lawyer seeking a direction to the jail authorities to provide him treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital.
The application claimed that Azad was suffering from polycythemia, a disease of blood thickness, and "requires continuous checkup from the doctors concerned from AIIMS, who are supervising his treatment for a long time".
If the treatment was not provided urgently to Azad, it might lead to cardiac arrest, the application moved through advocate Mehmood Pracha said.
It is likely to be taken up for hearing on Tuesday.
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The plea sought a direction to the jail authorities or the Delhi government to provide medical treatment to Azad.
The
Bhim
Army
chief
was
sent
to
judicial
custody
on
December
21
by
a
Delhi
court.
Azad's
outfit
had
organised
a
march
from
Jama
Masjid
to
Jantar
Mantar
against
the
amended
Citizenship
Act
on
Friday,
despite
not
having
police
permission.
The marching protesters were stopped by police and paramilitary personnel near Delhi Gate, after which they turned violent and set a car on fire and damaged a few other vehicles. The police resorted to lathicharge and used a water cannon to control the situation.