Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashis, arrested for the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre of four farmers and a journalist, has been shifted to hospital after he contracted dengue, an official said.

Ashish was sent to the district jail on Saturday evening for treatment at its healthcare facility, additional superintendent of police Arun Kumar Singh said. He had been taken into two-day police custody on Friday evening.

Arrested on October 9 after the Supreme Court’s intervention, Ashis was allowed to go to judicial custody after three days of police remand. On Wednesday, when the apex court heard the matter again, it had asked why the police had not sought extension of custody.

The chief medical officer of Lakhimpur Kheri, Shailendra Bhatnagar, and his team examined Ashis. “The samples collected Saturday night tested positive for dengue. His sugar levels were found to be critical. Some changes were also observed in the ECG. This demands treatment under observation by expert doctors at the district hospital,” he told reporters on Sunday.