India, Feb. 26 -- The Delhi high court has directed New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to form a medical board to determine whether Jaideep Singh Sengar, convicted in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape victim's father, is suffering from cancer or any other life-threatening disease.

A bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja on Tuesday said that Sengar be taken to AIIMS on Thursday for a medical evaluation. The court asked the medical board to determine if adequate treatment can be provided to him within the jail or through escorted visits to government hospitals.

"...an independent medical assessment by a duly constituted Medical Board is necessary to ascertain the current health condition of t...