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Salman Khan, who spent three days at the Jodhpur central jail, was so moved by the pathetic conditions of the toilets in the jail that he has offered to pay for their immediate renovation. There are about 80 toilets in the jail, which is shared by over 1500 inmates. The jail inmates, through Salman's cellmate Mahesh, requested the Bollywood star that he should do something to improve the toilets which are in terrible shape.
Jail superintendent, Mithu Lal Chauhan, confirms the news. "Yes, on the second day of his stay, Salman asked me if the toilets could be improved," he says. "He wanted to modernise the toilets and have marble flooring on them. He asked me to get the work done and said he would pay the entire cost of renovation. He suggested that I should to speak to his mother Salma, in case it was difficult to contact him, later. He promised that once the jail officials contacted his mother, he'd send the money."
"I explained to him that the jail authority cannot accept his proposal," he adds. "He should approach the state government with the proposal. I don't think there should be any problem." Chauhan said Salman has been told how to approach the state government. "The state government will ask to send an estimate and we'll let Salman know the cost involved," he says. Salman spent time in jail doing push-ups, twice a day. "He's a fitness fanatic," says his cellmate Mahesh. "He felt the jail should have a gym for the prisoners. I brought a carrom board for him and offered to play with him, but when he found the striker bearing the sign of a cross, he refused to play."
Mahesh is also waiting for Salman to give him Rs 47,500. This is the fine amount imposed by the court on Mahesh for killing a person in Barmer district, 10 years ago. When Mahesh told Salman about this, saying that if it's paid he could cut down his sentence by five years, Salman offered to pay up. "I am expecting the money to come any time now," says Mahesh. "He promised me that he would send it immediately after reaching Mumbai."
Jail superintendent, Mithu Lal Chauhan, confirms the news. "Yes, on the second day of his stay, Salman asked me if the toilets could be improved," he says. "He wanted to modernise the toilets and have marble flooring on them. He asked me to get the work done and said he would pay the entire cost of renovation. He suggested that I should to speak to his mother Salma, in case it was difficult to contact him, later. He promised that once the jail officials contacted his mother, he'd send the money."
"I explained to him that the jail authority cannot accept his proposal," he adds. "He should approach the state government with the proposal. I don't think there should be any problem." Chauhan said Salman has been told how to approach the state government. "The state government will ask to send an estimate and we'll let Salman know the cost involved," he says. Salman spent time in jail doing push-ups, twice a day. "He's a fitness fanatic," says his cellmate Mahesh. "He felt the jail should have a gym for the prisoners. I brought a carrom board for him and offered to play with him, but when he found the striker bearing the sign of a cross, he refused to play."
Mahesh is also waiting for Salman to give him Rs 47,500. This is the fine amount imposed by the court on Mahesh for killing a person in Barmer district, 10 years ago. When Mahesh told Salman about this, saying that if it's paid he could cut down his sentence by five years, Salman offered to pay up. "I am expecting the money to come any time now," says Mahesh. "He promised me that he would send it immediately after reaching Mumbai."
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