Soy Milk, Pasta And A Prison Plea: US Mercenary Wins Food Relief In Tihar Jail

A Delhi court has allowed a plea filed by American national Matthew Aaron VanDyke, who is facing terrorism-related charges investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), permitting him to receive food items of his choice and use specified cooking facilities inside Tihar Jail on humanitarian and medical grounds.The order came after the court heard an application filed by VanDyke through his lawyers, Advocates Rohit Dandriyal and Rohit Gour, seeking permission for a special diet plan, arguing that his health had deteriorated because he was unable to consume the food ordinarily served in prison.During the hearing, the NIA and the Tihar Jail Superintendent filed their responses to the application.Counsel for VanDyke argued at length before the court that his client had been unable to eat the prison diet because it was "spicy, oily, deep-fried and greasy", and that his medical condition required a different diet.