jaipur broken toilet no western commode no tv no bed no showers and having to stay crouched in the bathroom as the roof is quite low are reasons enough for anyone to hate living inside the jail bjp leader and former minister rajendra singh rathore found this out the hard way a day after cbi arrested him for his alleged role in the fake encounter of dara singh on the citys outskirt on october 23 2006 rathore reportedly sat on a hunger strike inside the jail refusing to take food till afternoon over the lack of facilities amid speculations that rathore might have met other accused in the dara case including suspended addl dg a k jain and suspended ig a ponnuchami lodged in the special cells there was a long list of complaints that the former minister made on his first day in jail his battery of lawyers and wellwishers who had gone to see him raised hue and cry over the lack of facilities and termed it a violation of fundamental human rights rathores lawyer kailash nath bhatta who visited him in the jaipur central jail on friday claimed that his client refused to have food till afternoon as the drinking water that was given to him was full of foul smell rathore was given two blankets one to sleep on and one to cover the body since thursday night rathore is going through all the ordeals which thousands of undertrials face everyday even the mosquitoes did not let him sleep throughout the night rathores 93year old father and wheelchairbound uttam singh rathore went to see his son but he was not allowed to meet him he just suffered a stroke and is unable to move he was trying see him since thursday afternoon but was not granted permission a family member said they left on friday evening after waiting for long hours for permission from the jail administration the family member said despite the court allowing homemade food to rathore the jail administration did not accept his lunch from them this is ridiculous they say that someone might poison the food brought from outside after several efforts the jail administration allowed the homemade food on friday evening the family member said i dont understand why my client is being treated like a convict he is just an undertrial it is disgusting the way he is being kept in the jail despite none of the charges against him proven he had to sit on a hunger strike till evening to raise his voice bhatta said however the jail officials denied the allegations of lack of facilities sources said rathore has been put in a cell near that of sacked minister mahipal maderna who was arrested in connection with the bhanwari devi murder case the cells in which other accused in the dara case including suspended addl dgp a k jain and suspended ig a ponnuchami are lodged are also nearby these are high security cells and all the