Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, serving a 10-year jail term in the teachers recruitment scam, was on Tuesday shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, two days after he was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital following an inspection.

The 81-year-old Indian National Lok Dal chief has been admitted under Dr Randeep Guleria, head of Pulmonary Department, AIIMS, hospital authorities said.

It is understood that Chautala has been shifted to the premier institute after he complained of breathing problems.

He was admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital on August 27 and shifted to trauma intensive care unit a day later.

His Total Leukocyte Count had increased a lot indicating some sort of infection.

He is lodged in Tihar Jail and sources said he was referred to RML Hospital from the central jail dispensary.

On January 22, 2013, a special Central Bureau of Investigation court had convicted and sentenced Chautala and his son Ajay along with seven others to 10-year jail term each for illegally recruiting 3,206 junior teachers in 2000.