NEW DELHI: Salman Khan may be Jodhpur jail’s most famous inmate, but he didn’t get the usual VIP treatment that Bollywood stars are accustomed to.

Khan, who was sentenced to five years in prison for poaching a rare buck in a desert wildlife preserve, was dealt with like any other inmate, prison director ML Chauhan said on April 11.

“There was no special treatment,” Chauhan told reporters outside the jail, a day after a court in Jodhpur handed down the verdict.

Khan was fed plain flat bread, vegetable curry and given an earthenware jar of water, like all the other prisoners, Chauhan said. He was not even allowed to phone his mother Salma, who collapsed and was hospitalised after the verdict, Chauhan said.

“We did not allow him (to call), not as a humane service, not as a VIP. Mobiles (phones) are not permitted,” he said.

The only concession Khan received was a cell to himself to guarantee his safety, Chauhan said. Still, that’s something in Indian jails, which are notoriously overcrowded with very basic amenities.

Khan will have to spend at least one more night in prison before his lawyers can apply for bail as the courts were closed for two days for local holidays.