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A tribunal successful Delhi connected Friday (May 8, 2026) sought a effect from Tihar jailhouse authorities connected an exertion moved by 2 men accused of assaulting Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta past year, aft they claimed they were beaten and issued decease threats by chap inmates.
Additional Sessions Judge Nishant Garg issued the announcement portion proceeding a plea moved by the accused, Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai Sakariya and Tehsin Raza Sheikh.
The exertion was moved by Advocate Siddhant Malik connected behalf of some the accused, who claimed that his clients' families were besides getting threats.
"The said inmates person openly threatened the applicants/accused that they shall beryllium killed wrong the jail, they shall proceed to beryllium beaten till they 'learn a lesson', and their household members residing successful Gujarat shall besides beryllium harmed," the exertion read.
The exertion sought directions for ensuring the information and information of the 2 accused wrong jailhouse and requested that they beryllium shifted to a abstracted barrack.
"The applicants/accused were apt to beryllium transferred to different jailhouse wherever their information would beryllium astatine superior risk, and that a transportation database was astir to beryllium issued," it said.
Considering the application, the tribunal issued a announcement to the jailhouse authorities and sought a presumption study by May 22, the adjacent day of hearing.
It besides directed the jailhouse authorities to guarantee the information and information of the accused persons successful custody.
In December past year, the tribunal formally framed an effort to execution complaint against some the accused successful the onslaught connected Ms. Gupta astatine a nationalist lawsuit successful 2025, saying determination was a prima facie lawsuit against them.
