Incarcerated Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), supremo, Lalu Prasad's health condition has deteriorated and he will be shifted to AIIMS New Delhi for better treatment, officials said.

A medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) referred him to AIIMS New Delhi. The former Bihar chief minister is most likely to be shifted to the hospital in the national capital on Tuesday itself, they said. Dr Vidyapati, who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad, told PTI, "The medical board has recommended that Prasad be referred to AIIMS New Delhi as his condition has deteriorated. We have forwarded the recommendation to the jail superintendent."