Overview
- Bhatt, in an Instagram note Tuesday, said he developed a high fever three weeks into his stay at Udaipur Central Jail and could not get timely care.
- He said the prison clinic had no thermometer, a doctor wrote a note clearing a hospital transfer, and no escort arrived for days.
- The filmmaker, who has axial spondyloarthritis, alleged police kept delaying the transfer because they were protecting a VIP and managing a tribal fair.
- He wrote that he cut oil and salt from his diet, drank more water, and prayed before a painting of the Devi, and that his fever eased before police arrived about 15 days later; he added an officer later said an emergency transfer with prison guards was possible.
- Bhatt and his wife were arrested on December 7, 2025 in a ₹30 crore cheating case and granted bail in February 2026, and news reports relay his claims without an official response from jail authorities.