Film maker Vikram Bhatt and his wife Shwetambari Bhatt was arrested by the Rajasthan Police in Mumbai on 7 December 2025 in connection with a 30 million euro fraud case, before being granted bail in February 2026. A month later, Vikram He shared a very personal account of his time in detention, recalling his terrible health in Udaipur Central Jail.In a note posted on Instagram on April 14, Bhatt described how her condition worsened amid the harsh winter. About three weeks after his imprisonment, he woke up one night in Barrack No. At 10, with severe fever and uncontrollable shivering. Although wrapped in four blankets, the chills did not subside. His fellow inmates tried to help him by putting extra blankets on him while he took paracetamol in an attempt to relieve him, but the fever persisted.Elaborating on her experience, she wrote: “The next morning I went to the prison hospital. They didn’t have a thermometer. They checked my oxygen and I told them I was fine. I told them they must be joking. I suffer from axial spondyloarthritis, an autoimmune disease, and a high fever can be dangerous for me. Finally the doctor wrote a note, but no one came to take me to the hospital.”He went on to describe the subsequent delay: “First, the police were busy protecting a VIP. Then they were managing a tribal fair. I waited day after day at the barracks. My days were filled with pain. My nights with fever.”Realizing that help was not coming soon, Bhatt said he took matters into his own hands. He cut oil and salt from his diet, drank plenty of water and turned to prayer, sitting in front of a painting of Devi in the barracks. “I said, ‘If you exist … if my prayers ever mean anything … show me a miracle.’ I don’t want to die here. My children need me. My wife needs me. My 90-year-old father needs me,” Bhatt recalled.According to him, things gradually got better. The fever began to subside, the pain subsided and he slowly regained his strength. One morning, overflowing with gratitude, he looked at Devi’s image and said, “Thank you for giving me my life.” A fortnight later they finally arrived to take the police personnel to the hospital.Reflecting on the sadness, Bhatt shared a conversation he had with an officer afterward. “Later I asked an officer what they would have done if there had been an emergency. He said nonchalantly, ‘Oh, then they would have sent you with the prison guards.’ So they sent me all the time. Maybe they chose not to. Or maybe God wanted me to learn something first. So when people say there is no God, I don’t dispute it. I just smile. Because he only sees those who needed miracles,” he concluded.
