The Supreme Court on Monday ordered shifting of tainted Member of Parliament Pappu Yadav from Beur Jail in Patna to Tihar Jail at Delhi within a week.

Yadav, who recently quit the Rashtriya Janata Dal over differences with party president Lalu Prasad Yadav, is an accused in the killing of Communist Party of India leader Ajit Sarkar.

In transferring Yadav from Beur to Tihar Jail, the court said the authorities shall follow the rules strictly and no special privileges should be given to the accused.

On the visitation rights of his family at Tihar Jail, the court directed that only those visitors who are allowed under the prison rule will be permitted to meet him strictly under the provisions of Tihar Jail manual.

The court took strong exception to the manner in which Yadav had addressed a public meeting while in judicial custody, the haste in which the Bihar government constituted the Medical Board to facilitate his treatment in Patna Medical College and the manner in which large number of unauthorised visitors were allowed to meet Yadav in jail.

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