nFormer Finance Minister P Chidambaram has been allowed by the court to take his medicines, spectacles to the Jail No 7. He will be lodged in a separate cell in the Tihar prison as he is a protectee under Z-security. He will be provided western toilet facility. But he will be given jail food comprising rotis, dal, sabji and rice.
Chidambaram has been provided a “wooden takht” without a mattress to sleep on. He will be served breakfast between 7 am and 8 am.
In case 73-year-old Chidambaram, reportedly fond of south Indian meals, does not eat food prepared in the jail, then he reserves the right to order snacks cooked in the jail canteen. He can either drink water from a RO plant or purchase packaged bottle from the canteen.
“He will have access to the prison’s library and also watch television, just like a normal inmate,” the official added.