Raja sharing Tihar ward with former Delhi ACP Rathi

NEW DELHI: Former telecom minister A Raja who was on Thursday sent to Tihar Jail by a Delhi court is sharing the ward with former Delhi ACP S S Rathi, convicted in the 1997 Connaught Place shootout case.

Arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, the minister was brought to the prison around 6 pm and was immediately taken to Jail no 1, sources said.

He did not interact with any prisoner since he entered his ward and kept reading, they said.

Jail No 1 also houses Rathi, serving life term following his conviction by a Delhi trial court on October 24, 2007 in the case of kiiling two businessmen.

According to court orders, Raja will have home made food twice daily, the sources said.