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From 7-star luxury to Chanchalguda prison in Hyderabad. Mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, one of India's richest politicians, spent his first night at the Chanchalguda Central Jail like an ordinary prisoner, sleeping on the floor with other undertrials.
Gali Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa reddy were arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) early Monday in Bellary for illegal mining in Andhra Pradesh, brought to Hyderabad and remanded to judicial custody till Sep 19. The high-profile former Karnataka minister, who is said to fly in his helicopter from Bellary to Bangalore only to have breakfast, had to make do with rice, dal and vegetarian curry for dinner. A jail official said each undertrial was entitled to 600 grams rice, 100 grams dal and 250 grams vegetable curry a day.
Breakfast was khichdi for both Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy. Accustomed to a luxurious life in his palatial bungalows, Janardhana Reddy is now sharing crammed accommodation and getting ordinary jail food. Like other undertrials, Janardhana Reddy will have to stand in queue for food, wash his own plate, clothes and sweep the surroundings. He was allotted number 697 while his brother-in-law Srinivasa Reddy is prisoner number 696.
According to Chanchalguda Central Jail sources, the duo spent the night in the barracks of the reception block. Since there are no court orders for special class prisoner status, jail authorities are treating them like other ordinary prisoners. "They are not getting any special treatment," said the sources. The mining magnate and his kin will be shifted to another barrack on Tuesday. Unless their lawyers seek and get special class prisoner status for them, they will have to share the barracks with other petty offenders.
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