Official said on Tuesday the man seen in videos massaging Delhi minister Satyendar Jain at the Tihar jail is a rape accused facing charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The officials identified the man as Rinku and said he was arrested last year and was lodged in a ward near Jain’s prison cell. “…[Rinku] been transferred [to another ward] so that he is not forced to do anything for any inmate. He is not a physiotherapist as some reports said on social media,” said a prison official, requesting anonymity.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit out at Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after the man’s identity came to light and called it a “spa and massage party”.
[Chief minister Arvind] Kejriwal was supposed to safeguard his citizens; rather he is safeguarding his ministers,” said BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia. Bhatia asked AAP to apologize to the country. “…wherever you are hiding should come out…sack your minister. You have to answer…are you standing with the rapists…? You are supporting such people accused of rape.”
Following the videos’ leak last week, the AAP and the BJP have resumed their verbal combat.
Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, was also criticised by Bhatia for supporting Jain and labelling the recordings a “BJP ploy.” Jain was receiving treatment in jail, according to Sisodia, after suffering an injury.
BJP’s assertion that Jain was receiving special treatment was refuted by Kejriwal as well.
