Kerala-based PDP leader AbdulNasser Madani, lodged in central prison here after his arrestin connection with the 2008 serial bomb blasts, has beenadmitted to a private hospital for treatment of diabetes.
Assistant Superintendent of Parappana Agrahara jail DS Hatti said Madani has been admitted to Soukhya hospital inWhitefield near here for the treatment of diabetes and relatedeye complication.
His wife and son would be allowed to attend him at thehospital, Hatti said.
The Karnataka High Court had in November last yearrejected Madani's bail plea but permitted him to availtreatment in a hospital of his choice under police escort.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy had met hisKarnatakacounterpart Jagadish Shettar last week and urged him toprovide medical treatment to Madani.
Ruling UDF and opposition LDF members had last monthasked the Kerala government to intervene to ensure propermedical care for Madani. Chandy had said it was not just tokeep a person in prison indefinitely "without trial".
Madani was arrested on August 17, 2010 from his campat Anwarassery in Kerala's Kollam district. He remains lodgedin the jail since then.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader is among 31people charge sheeted in the case relating to the July 2008bomb blasts that killed one person and left 20 others injuredhere.