Air hostesses used to visit Subrata Roy in jail, I informed Kejriwal: Former Tihar official's explosive claim

NEW DELHI: Former Tihar PRO Sunil Kumar Gupta made an explosive claim that air hostesses of Sahara Airlines used to come to Subrata Roy in jail and remain with him for hours. This was one of the many facilities provided to the late founder of Sahara Group when he was in jail. In an interview with ANI, Gupta claimed that Arvind Kejriwal, then-chief minister of Delhi, was aware of all that but did not take any action.

Recounting his experience with Subrata Roy when Roy was an inmate, Gupta said he was first kept in a regular jail. But he needed a facility with video conferencing so that he could negotiate with the buyers of his hotels following which he could pay the lenders back. "The Supreme Court's direction said that everything has to be done legally. But I saw that a lot of illegal things were happening...Before this, the Delhi High Court had called me and it said that there are several complaints of bribery and extortion at the jail," Gupta said.

Gupta said he raised the issues at meetings chaired by DG Prisons but the DG thought Gupta was complaining against him. Then Gupta approached Kejriwal and informed him about the facilities that he thought were being extended to him illegally.



"Arvind Kejriwal asked me if I could shoot a video of it. I told him it wouldn't be right for me and he could come here and check it for himself. He then said that DG Prison is an IPS officer who comes under Central Govt and we do not know if we can do anything about him..." he said.

Finally, nothing was done against Roy and he continued enjoying the facilities, Gupta said adding that he came under attack. "When I was retiring, I was served a 15-page chargesheet regarding irregularities. I was exonerated after four to five years but I was so troubled for those five years," Gupta said.

Subrata Roy spent two years (2014-2016) in Tihar jail. He died on November 14, 2023, due to cardiorespiratory arrest at the age of 75.