According to sources from Delhi Police Satyendra Jain’s trial is still pending with him kept busy getting a massage from Rinku in Tihar Jail
The son of Tarachand, Rinku, was accused of raping his then-14-year-old daughter, a class 10 student, last year
Who Is Rapist Rinku Seen Giving AAP Leader And Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain Massage In Tihar Jail Viral Video
This is shocking. Turns out the man giving massage to imprisoned AAP leader Satyendar Jain here is not a certified physiotherapist but, rather, a man accused of child rape under POCSO. pic.twitter.com/5dqkED9RcV
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) November 22, 2022
The masseur providing massage to jailed Delhi min Satyendar Jain is a prisoner Rinku. He's a prisoner in a rape case, charged u/s 6 of POCSO Act & 376, 506 & 509 of IPC. He's not a physiotherapist: Tihar Jail official sources
(Pic-screengrab from CCTV visuals of massage to Jain) pic.twitter.com/aXtLNtgFIB
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Rinku, Satyendra Jain’s “Masseur,” is a prisoner at Tihar. Learn about him
An uproar has been caused by a video showing an inmate in Tihar Prison giving a man’s back a massage. The inmate is a Delhi minister.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) asserted that Jain needed “physiotherapy sessions” in prison. This was because of his spinal damage when the story appeared and went viral. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), taking aim at AAP, has now claimed that Rinku, the man shown administering massages to Jain, is actually a rape suspect rather than a physiotherapist.
Rinku’s Identity
Shehzad Poonawala, a spokesman for the BJP, claimed on Tuesday that the masseuse Rinku is a defendant accused of violating both Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.
According to officials with the Delhi Police, Tarachand’s son Rinku was detained last year when his class 10 student daughter, who was 14 at the time, accused him of raping her while she was home alone. He is still pending trial.
Additionally, others claimed Rinku is a labourer with no background in medicine. He keeps to himself.
There have been rumours that the crime committed by Rinku was the subject of a case (FIR No. 121/2021). This was filed at the Jafarpur Kalan police station. He is a Pocso case convict, so the specifics of the FIR cannot be released.
Increasing Outrage
While the Physiotherapists’ Association of India has called on Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, to apologise for “degrading physiotherapy,” the BJP and Congress have demanded Jain’s immediate resignation and a probe into his possible violations of jail regulations.
For charges of money laundering, Jain, the AAP government’s cabinet minister for health and family welfare, industries, and public works (PWD), is being held at Tihar Jail. Jain was allegedly receiving special treatment in custody, according to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which made the claim before.
How can a child rape accused be brought in to massage an AAP mantri? Former Tihar Jail PRO, Sunil Gupta shares insights.#ITVideo | @poojashali; @arvindojha pic.twitter.com/3fqoERiZ71
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