Bengaluru
For the initial time in a lot of years, the higher-safety Parappana Agrahara Central jail right here in Bengaluru is housing as a lot of as ten celebrities and higher-profile persons at the similar time.
The initial celeb to enter the prison was VK Sasikala and her relative J Ilavarasi and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s foster son Sudhakaran. However, Sasikala is probably to stroll out early subsequent month possessing completed her term and possessing paid the fine operating into crores.
Former Karnataka minister Roshan Baig of the Congress, arrested in the IMA multicrore Ponzi scam, is the most recent higher-profile particular person to enter the jail. He joined his former celebration colleague and ex-mayor R Sampath Raj, who was arrested for allegedly fomenting riots in east Bengaluru on August 11.
But it is Sandalwood actors Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjjanaa Galrani who are adding to the ‘glamour’ to the jail. Joining them are socialite Viren Khanna, all arrested in a drug-peddling case.
Sasikala and Ilavarasi are lodged in the VIP cells of the women’s barracks, although Sudhakaran is in a VIP cell for males. Ragini and Sanjjanaa are lodged in the women’s cell positioned in the similar barrack exactly where Sasikala and Ilavarasi are staying.
Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of former Kerala CPI(M) secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, arrested in a revenue-laundering case, is a further wealthy and popular to join the list.
Also cooling his heels in the jail is underworld don Ravi Pujari, who was extradited from Senegal and is facing a series of criminal circumstances.
While they are all treated like other prisoners, they are provided further safety due to their higher-profile status. Other than senior prison officials, no one particular, like junior employees, is permitted to go close to these barracks.