Mostly keeps to himself, reads books and practises Vipassana: Tihar staff on Manish Sisodia

Said a jail official, “He complies with all the jail rules as per the manual…his diet is the same as the other inmates…the barracks open at 6 am when inmates are allowed to move inside and each head is counted. After this, some biscuits, tea, and porridge is given to the inmates at 8 am…like other prisoners, he, too, is served a lunch consisting of chapati, vegetables and lentils at 11 am.” The barracks remain shut between 12pm and 3pm. “But even when the barracks open, Sisodia mostly stays put inside his cell… either reading the newspaper or a book,” said a jail official.

Apart from prescribed medicines, Sisodia consults the medical officers at the jail’s in-house hospital, said the official without revealing the names of the medicines or the medical reasons for which he has been consuming them. “There has not been any major grievance on his part throughout his stay inside Tihar…he was also allowed to carry the Bhagavad Gita when he was first lodged here and it is still in his possession,” added the official.

Sisodia currently shares ward number 9 with around six inmates, none of whom is a dreaded criminal or gangster, the official clarified, adding that this allows Sisodia to practise his Vipassana (a form of meditation) inside the cell on a regular basis. During his stay inside the jail, Sisodia has also written multiple letters where he has either emphasised on education or targeted the PM over his educational qualifications.

A jail official said, “Like every inmate, Sisodia too has the right to write letters from jail which are sent out via the postal network…”

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