Jagan Day 1 in Chanchalguda Jail
It is natural for any first timer to be a bit nervous to step into jail, but it was not so with YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. He was calm and cool, unperturbed, as if he was on his routine 'Odarpu Yatra'.
On Monday, at the entrance of Chanchalguda Central Prison, a cheerful and smiling Jagan greeted the huge contingent of policemen and media persons who were present there. Inside the jail, he continued with the same demeanour, shaking hands with the jail staff and even enquiring about their well being. After completing the formalities, he was sent to the block where special category prisoners are lodged. Jagan was allotted Prisoner No. 6093 and he is the 10th special catogary prisoner lodged over there currently.
According to prison sources, Jagan was allotted a special room. Usually special category prisoners have to share a room but an exception was made in the case of Jagan due to security reasons. The room measures 10 ft by 10 ft but it has an attached toilet. He has been provided with a cot and a mattress, which is as per the jail manual. A television set is also in the room that also has a chair and a table, but only Doordarshan channels can be accessed on it. Jagan reached few minutes late to the block and missed his dinner as the lock-up of prisoners starts at 5.30 PM after dinner.
However in the morning, he can have khichdi or upma for breakfast, if he wants to give it a try. For that he has to wake up early in the morning and get ready by 6.30 am. But being a special category prisoner, Jagan does not really have to stick to any schedule. At a separate kitchen provided exclusively for special category prisoners, Jagan can get his choice of food cooked. "If he wants, he can get 115gm of nonvegetarian stuff every day. He can ask the jail staff to cook for him or get it cooked at the special kitchen," a prison official said. On Monday night, Jagan took along with him some fruits and biscuits into the prison. He also took with him two pairs of clothes which he carried in a bag, sources said.
As per sources, it is learnt that immediately upon arrival to special catogary prisoners' area, Jagan met Nimmagadda Prasad and Brahmananda Reddy, who were also arrested in the his assets case, Koneru Prasad, Sunil Reddy and Vijayaraghavan arrested in the Emaar scam case, Srinivas Reddy, BP Acharya, and Rajagopal arrested in the Obulapuram mining scam and Surya newspaper owner Nookarapu Surya Prakash arrested in a cheating case.