Former Union Minister Mr Sukh Ram, who yesterday claimed he was in a coma, surrendered before a local court today which sent him to jail to serve his three-year sentence in the 1993 telecom scam case.
Mr Sukh Ram, 86, appeared before the court after coming in an ambulance in pursuance of its order earlier in the day that it would issue non-bailable warrants if he fails to surrender today.
Special CBI Judge Mr Sanjiv Jain said Mr Sukh Ram would be taken to jail in the same ambulance and the prison authorities would provide him necessary medical aid as per the norms.
“As requested by counsel for the convict (Sukh Ram), lock up/jail authorities are directed to provide necessary medical aid to the convict in accordance to the norms,” the judge said.
Mr Sukhram’s counsel had yesterday told the court that he had slipped into coma. However, doctors attending on him said he was not in a state of coma and only drowsy.
The doctor, who accompanied Mr Sukh Ram in the ambulance, told the court that the “patient” was still unconscious.
The judge, however, said that the doctor could accompany Mr Sukh Ram in the ambulance till he reaches Tihar Jail.
While brushing aside Mr Sukh Ram’s plea that he may be taken into judicial custody in the hospital itself, the judge, had instructed the court staff to inform the authorities concerned to make adequate arrangements in case Mr Sukh Ram comes to surrender in an ambulance and unable to move on his own.