A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday directed Arthur Road jail officials to take Maharashtra's former deputy chief minister and money laundering case accused Chhagan Bhujbal to state-run J J Hospital for angiography after getting his consent.

"The special PMLA court has directed that Bhujbal be taken to JJ for angiography, provided he gives his consent," said Bhujbal's lawyer Salabh Saxena.

The Prevention of Money Laundering Act court had on December 14 last year ordered that Bhujbal, then admitted to a private hospital, be shifted to Arthur Road jail on a plea by the prison officials that he had refused to undergo angiography. Bhujbal's stay at the private hospital since November 2 had prompted accusation that he was receiving preferential treatment.

The court had then also asked the officials to allow Bhujbal's family members to meet him and get their consent before shifting him to J J Hospital.

The Nationalist Congress Party leader was arrested on March 14 last year by the Enforcement Directorate on the charge of bribery and money laundering in the construction of Maharashtra Sadan building in Delhi. He was also booked by the Anti Corruption Bureau for alleged irregularities in the construction.