Satyam founder Raju admitted to hospital

Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju, who was arrested and kept in jail since January 9 this year for committing a massive accounting fraud, was admitted to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad on Monday after he complained of chest pain. According to the Chenchalaguda jail superintendent Chandrasekhar, Raju complained of chest pain in the afternoon and was shifted to NIMS for a check-up. The doctors there confirmed that Raju was suffering from myocardial infraction, a type of chest pain. Chandrasekhar said that medical investigations on Raju would be continued on Tuesday.

Raju had been sent to jail after he confessed to a Rs 8,000-crore accounting fraud — termed as the biggest corporate fraud in the country — on January 7 this year. He has still not been able to secure bail despite the best efforts of his lawyers.