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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was served bread and tea for breakfast in Tihar Jail on Tuesday morning after spending the first night at the central prison..
On Monday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo was sent to 14-day judicial custody until April 15 in the now scrapped Delhi liquor policy case, after which he was taken to Tihar jail...
In the barrack, a mosquito net was placed inside the iron grill "due to which Kejriwal slept comfortably", the sources said, adding that mosquito nets are available to all the inmates in Tihar...
A jail superintendent will also keep a sugar sensor and glucometer to monitor his blood sugar levels, while toffees and glucode will be given to the Chief Minister in case of a sudden drop...
Jail authorities have provided Kejriwal a chair and table in his jail cell, while the bed is different from the regular ones in the prison...
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