AAP: Arvind Kejriwal has moved Delhi court for insulin in jail, hearing today

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday filed a petition in Rouse Avenue Court asking authorities to provide insulin in jail. 

The court will hear Arvind Kejriwal's petition at 2pm, said the Aam Aadmi Party.

Arvind Kejriwal has sought permission to consult his doctor through video conferencing daily for 15 minutes with respect to his acute diabetes and fluctuating blood sugar level. 

He also seeks to allow his wife to join and remain present on video conference, Live Law reported.

The Delhi chief minister said since his judicial custody, his blood sugar levels have been fluctuating at an alarming rate due to acute diabetes, which is posing a high risk to his health, it added.

The development comes even as Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena on Thursday asked the director general of prisons to submit a factual report into the AAP's allegations that Arvind Kejriwal was not being provided insulin in Tihar jail. 

The L-G's order comes after Delhi cabinet minister Atishi alleged that there was a plot to kill the chief minister, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy case, by denying him home-cooked food and insulin in jail, a charge rejected by the prison authorities.

At a presser conference, Atishi claimed that the chief minister's requests for insulin have been denied by the Tihar jail administration, and attempts to arrange a video conference with his doctor are facing opposition from the ED and the prison officials.