Sukesh Chandrashekhar goes on hunger strike in Tihar jail to meet wife

NEW DELHI: Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar twice went on hunger strike at the Tihar jail in protest against the prison authorities.

The conman wanted the Jail authorities to relax 'inmate meeting' rules for him as he wanted to meet his wife, who is also lodged at the Tihar prison, more than two times a month. He protested twice and later went on a hunger strike for 10 days and then again for nine days, it was officially learnt on Tuesday.

Director General (Prisons) Sandeeep Goyal said that Sukesh didn't eat food from April 23 to May 2 and then again from May 4 to May 12. "During this period he was put on IV fluid/Glucose (Intravenous) in the Jail dispensary," Goyal said.

The top prison official informed that Sukesh Chandrashekhar was demanding to arrange a meeting with his wife Leena Maria Paul, who is currently lodged in Jail no.6 of Tihar Jail. Reportedly, there are 32 criminal cases registered against the couple -- Sukesh and Leena -- that are pending before the Courts.

Born in a lower middle-class family in Karnataka's Bengaluru, Sukesh always dreamt of being a millionaire in his life and to materialize his dream, he was determined to earn money by hook or by crook. He started conning people from the age of 17. In 2007, he duped around 100 people of Rs 75 crore on the pretext of providing them a job. At that time he posed as a high-ranking bureaucrat. Later, after many years he also duped politician TTV Dhinakaran of Rs 50 crore.

Delhi Police's Crime Branch arrested Sukesh on Dhinakaran's complaint and he was lodged at Tihar Jail. What was more astonishing was that the conman continued to run the racket from inside of the Tihar Jail. He is accused of extorting Rs 200 crore from the family of former Fortis Healthcare and Ranbaxy Lab promoters Shivinder and Malvinder Singh within the premises of the prison. IANS

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