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A Delhi Court has asked the medical officer of Tihar jail to appear before it on June 7 after gangster Munna Bajrangi filed an application saying he wanted to be treated at AIIMS.

Written by Express News Service

New Delhi | June 4, 2010 11:55 PM IST

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Gangster seeks AIIMS help,court summons Tihar doc
A Delhi Court has asked the medical officer of Tihar jail to appear before it on June 7 after gangster Munna Bajrangi filed an application saying he wanted to be treated at AIIMS. The jail authorities had said the accused,who suffered from systemic hypertension and high blood pressure,was being treated at GB Pant and RML Hospital,and denied he fell unconscious on May 27 as he claimed. The authorities further submitted they cannot rule out future complications as Bajrangi suffers from high blood pressure. Bajrangi,charged under the MCOCA along with Uttar Pradeshs Independent MLA Mukhtar Ansari,had filed an application in the court on May 31 stating his health was deteriorating and he needed to be treated at AIIMS. The court also fixed July 9 as the date for hearing the matter relating to framing of charges against Bajrangi and others.

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