Ranchi, Dec 9 (IANS) Jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his ex-cabinet colleague Kamlesh Singh were Wednesday shifted to a Ranchi hospital from jail for medical check-up, an official said.
They were taken to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) at the directive of the vigilance court, Birsa Munda Jail superintendent Deepak Vidhyarathi told IANS.

“RIMS doctors will decide whether they will be sent back to jail after check-up or admitted in the hospital,” he said.

If doctors permit, then both men can be interrogated in the hospital.

Koda and Kamlesh Singh were arrested Nov 30 on charges of holding assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. Two other former cabinet ministers, Enos Ekka and Harinarayan Rai, are in the same jail.

The vigilance bureau lodged a first information report (FIR) against Koda and his former cabinet colleagues Kamlesh Singh, Bhanu Pratap Sahi and Bandhu Tirkey July 22.

The charges against them include siphoning government money, cheating, amassing assets beyond known sources of income and misusing their official positions.

The cases fall under different sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.