INX media case: Ailing Chidambaram’s treatment unsatisfactory, says family

Hours after a Delhi court extended P Chidambaram’s judicial custody in the INX media money laundering case till November 27, his family said the treatment being given to him in Tihar jail for Crohn’s disease is not satisfactory and he continues to lose weight due to “aggravation” of the disease.

The family sources told PTI that Chidambaram has lost around 8-9 kgs since his detention.

“We are not satisfied with the treatment given to him in the prison. He is suffering a lot. He has to be immediately brought under the treatment of noted gastroenterologist in Hyderabad Dr. Nageshwara Reddy as he knows about his health as he had treated him in 2016,” a source said.

After Reddy’s treatment, he was somewhat feeling better, the sources said.