By:
Priyaranjan
Trivedy
Tuesday,
August
28,
2007
The
Bollywood
hunk
Salman
Khan
has
been
hogging
the
media
limelight
for
the
past
week,
and
amidst
much
hype
and
media
publicity,
has
surrendered
himself
to
the
authorities
after
a
Jodhpur
court
sentenced
him
to
five
years'
imprisonment
under
charges
of
poaching
a
chinkara
deer
in
Rajasthan
while
shooting
for
the
Rajshri
Productions'
blockbuster
Hum
Saath
Saath
Hain,
in
the
year
1998.
Even
as
the
actor
was
struggling
to
regain
his
megastar
image
with
a
series
of
flops
coming
his
way,
with
Partner
providing
him
the
much-needed
respite,
the
recent
court
verdict
seems
to
be
the
final
nail
in
the
coffin,
as
far
as
Sallu's
acting
career
is
concerned.
An
ardent
fan
of
his
can
only
hope
and
pray
that
poor
Sallu
is
able
to
bounce
back
from
his
recent
stroke
of
misfortune.
It
is
common
knowledge
that
star
has
had
troubled
times
in
recent
years,
including
a
broken
affair
and
public
spat
with
ex-beau
Aishwarya
Bachchan,
and
allegations
regarding
him
threatening
another
Bollywood
actor,
Vivek
Oberoi.
Salman,on
Saturday,
became
associated
with
the
now
famous
tag
"prisoner
no.
343" at
the
Jodhpur
Central
Jail,
after
he
was
arrested
straight
from
the
Jodhpur
airport,
where
he
had
landed
in
aJet
Airways
flight
coming
from
Mumbai,
and
hastily
taken
away
in
a
police
jeep
to
prevent
mobbing
by
the
pressmen
and
his
fans
who
had
assembled
at
the
airport.
According
to
the
jail
authorities,
Salman
will
be
meted
out
the
same
treatment
as
is
applicable
to
a
normal
prisoner,
and
will
have
to
wear
the
prison
dress
and
get
the
normal
food.
He
will
only
be
allowed
to
meet
three
people
in
fifteen
days,
as
is
clearly
mentioned
in
the
jail
manual.
However,
since
he
has
been
sentenced
to
undergo
'simple
imprisonment',
he
will
be
spared
from
doing
hard
labour.
It's
really
pitiful
how
the
celebrity
status
works
to
the
disadvantage
of
the
film
stars.
Salman
is
the
second
Bollywood
star
to
be
jailed
in
a
span
of
a
month.
Sanjay
Dutt
spent
23
nights
in
Mumbai
and
Pune
prisons
after
being
convicted
under
the
Arms
Act
in
the
1993
Mumbai
bombings.
He
is
currently
out
on
bail.