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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is a Type-2 Diabetes patient, was given insulin in Tihar Jail after his sugar level spiked to 320, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sources said on Tuesday. This came a day after the jailed Chief Minister claimed that the prison administration's recent statement on his health was false amid the "denied insulin" row.

The sources told India Today TV that this was the first insulin dosage administered to the jailed Chief Minister, who has high blood sugar levels, after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in connection to a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy case.

Further confirming the development, a Tihar Jail source told India Today TV that two units of insulin was given to Kejriwal on Monday evening after a doctor from AIIMS advised the prison administration to administer a dosage if absolutely necessary.

The AAP chief used to take 50 units of insulin on a daily basis when he was not in jail.

Earlier on Monday, Kejriwal, in a letter to the Superintendent of Tihar, said that he had been requesting insulin as his glucose metre reading had a "dangerous" range between 250 and 320.

He asserted that the jail administration was lying about his health due to "political pressure".

The Tihar Jail source further said that Arvind Kejriwal also met his wife Sunita on Monday at the prison premises.

On April 20, doctors from AIIMS provided a 40-minute consultation to the AAP supremo on Saturday, during which he was assured of no serious health concerns and was advised to continue taking the prescribed medicines, a prison source had said earlier.

During the consultation, which was organised on the request of Kejriwal's wife, the Chief Minister's complete record of the Glucose Monitoring Sensor, as well as details of his diet and medicines were also checked, the source added.

The insulin issue, however, was neither raised by Kejriwal nor suggested by the doctors during the video consultation, the source noted.

On Tuesday, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that since the time the Chief Minister's arrest, the latter has said "over and over again" that his blood sugar level crossed the 300-level and was not provided with any insulin.

"In order to put Arvind Kejriwal in trouble, deliberately through conspiracies there is an attempt has been made to harm him. Today the BJP and the Central government stand completely exposed. After the court's order, when the AIIMS specialist saw him (Kejriwal), then insulin was provided," he added.