Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 29 (TIWN) The son of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister, Pradeep Jain Aditya, has sent a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI), alleging that his father has been 'illegally confined' at his own house in Jhansi by Uttar Pradesh Police since December 25.

In his letter to the CJI sent on Monday, the former minister’s son, Gaurav Jain, has sought his father’s immediate release. He stated in his letter that the ‘district administration and their political masters are targetting’ his father due to his political affiliations.