Dr Shakeel Afridi refuses to eat prison meal

PESHAWAR: Dr Shakeel Afridi, who had helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, has refused to eat meals provided by the Peshawar jail authorities, Geo News reported.

According to sources, Dr Afridi refused to eat prison food on fear of being poisoned.

Sources added that on the demand of Shakeel Afridi, prison authorities have provided him with essential items and cooking utensils so that he could prepare his own food.