Arvind Kejriwal is seen outside a Delhi court on Wednesday
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Wednesday taken to the same Tihar jail cell where his mentor Anna Hazare was kept after his arrest during the Lokpal movement in 2011, prison officials said.
Mr Kejriwal stayed alone in jail number four, where he slept on the floor and was served routine jail food. He has been allowed to take his medicines, Tihar spokesperson Sunil Gupta said.
The Aam Aadmi Party leader reached Tihar jail at 6:30 pm on Wednesday after he was arrested and remanded to judicial custody by a local court till May 23 for refusing to furnish a bail bond of Rs 10,000 in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.
After his arrival, Mr Kejriwal underwent a medical check-up as per rules.
"He was then kept in the meditation ward of jail number four where he will sleep on the floor. He will get routine jail food which is given to all the prisoners. As he is diabetic, he has been allowed his medicines after court order," Mr Gupta said.
There is no television in the ward and Mr Kejriwal would get newspapers to read in his cell, he said.
The former Delhi chief minister will have to spend at least one day and two nights in the same cell where his once mentor Anna Hazare was kept for a day during the 2011 Lokpal movement, he said.
After the local court pronounced its order, Mr Kejriwal was taken into lock up inside the court premises amid tight security.