Satyam's Raju appears before court wearing face mask

Former Chairman of Satyam Computer B Ramalinga Raju, down with fever and suffering from some infection, appeared before a local court here today wearing a face mask.

Raju, the prime accused in the Rs 14,000-crore accounting scam in the IT firm Satyam, made his fifth appearance in the XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court, after he got bail from the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Raju has been undergoing treatment for Hepatitis C at NIMS hospital here since September last year.

Raju, according to NIMS authorities, is attending court proceedings against the medical advice and has been asked to wear the face mask. "I had advised him (Raju) to wear the mask right from day one since he decided to attend the court proceedings," Dr Ajit Kumar told PTI, adding Raju had developed some infection and was down with fever.

When asked what infection Raju was suffering from, the doctor said, "We are already giving him some anti-biotic and waiting for the medical report to determine the cause of the infection and will start a course of anti-biotic based on the findings of the report."