Is Salman Khan receiving VVIP treatment inside Jodhpur Central Jail?
Jodhpur, Apr 7 (IBNS): Controversy refuses to part with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, now a designated prisoner number 106 serving five-year term in Jodhpur Central Jail after being convicted in blackbuck poaching case as media reports have alleged that the actor has been receiving VVIP treatment for the past two days inside the facility.
According to reports, Salman Khah's stay has been facilitated by the installation of an air cooler, which is unlikely treatment for a prisoner.
He has had amply supply of cigarettes over the last two days, which too is against a prisoner's code.
Salman has had frequent visits from his family and security guards and according to India Today, he was accompanied by top jail officials during one of his night stays inside the Jodhpur Central Jail.
The actor, who has pleaded for his bail, will eventually be made aware of the court's take on the matter, sometime later in the day.
Meanwhile, the judge who is hearing Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's bail plea over the Blackbuck poaching case, is one among the 87 judges who has been transferred in the an annual custom.
It is customary for the Rajasthan High Court to allow the transferred Sessions Judge at least seven days for the transition. He is expected to hear the bail plea today.
Identified as Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi of Jodhpur Sessions Court, he will be replaced by Chandra Kumar Songara, district and sessions judge of Bhilwara, an NDTV report read.
Additionally, Dev Kumar Khatri, the judge who sentenced Salman to five year's jail term, has also been transferred.
He will be replaced by Samrendra Singh Sikarwar, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate in Udaipur.
Both Khatri and Joshi are a part of 382 judicial officers, who have been either transferred or promoted by the Rajasthan High Court.
The annual reshuffle generally takes place within Apr 15 to 30.
Salman was sentenced on Thursday after he was convicted for poaching two endangered blackbucks in 1998.
Reading out the sentence, the Judge said, "The way the accused killed two innocent black bucks in violation of the wildlife laws...he is a film star, people emulate him and look up to him... and there has been a rise in poaching incidents, so leniency is not justified given the severity of the crime, the evidence and the circumstances."
Following the order, he was taken directly to the Jodhpur Central Jail and designated as prisoner number 106.
The other accused in the case, actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam Kothari, were acquitted on the same day.
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