Media lobbying with Jail Authorities for first hand information on Sanjay Dutt after his landing in Jail
News Print and TV media is lobbying with jail authorities to get first hand information on activities of Sanjay Dutt whenever he lands in jail. According to sources, media persons became aggressive in scouting friendly jail authorities after Sanjay Dutt passed a statement that he would not go for pardon.
"I have got a call from Rajdeep just after Sanjay Dutt's statement came that he would not request for pardon despite social pressure on him. Rajdeep told me to collect list of all jailors, constables and sipahis of all jails in India and call them personally with request for information after Sanjay Dutt settles in jail," said Executive Editor of CNN-IBN, leading news channel in India requesting anonymity.
He said "Rajdeep Sardesai was quite enthused with an idea of showing news about Sanjay Dutt's food intake on first day and how he managed to sleep. He was interested in knowing the kind of mattress that Sanjay Dutt would get in the jail. Did he get proper furnished room with good quality mosquito repellent or he had to cope up with mosquitoes. He also wanted to get all the details about Sanjay Dutt from morning to night in jail exclusively for viewers of CNN-IBN."
Other channels such as NDTV, Aaj Tak, India TV and Times Now were also trying for getting good contacts with jail authorities.
"We are in touch with Tihar and Yerwada jail authorities along with all other major jails in India. We requested Jailors to give us a call since Sajay Dutt wakes up and goes to toilet, takes his brush and goes for bath before providing information to any other channel. We want to cover each and every activity of Sanjay Dutt to get our audience acquaintance with his daily schedule," said Pranoy Roy of NDTV.
Roy said "We also told them that we will show jailors and constables on NDTV in a new monthly review program called 'Sanjay Dutt behind the bars – Is humanity died in India?'."
According to sources, CNN IBN's Sagarika Ghose plans for different questions in her program 'Face the Nation' on issues that Sanjay Dutt would be facing in Jail.
Ghose said "I am eager to cover Sanjay Dutt's topic extensively on the channel as it is a major blow to Narendra Modi."
While many channels are aggressively bidding for a space for Sanjay Dutt in the minds of Jail Authorities, Times Now faced a major setback after Arnab Goswami called jail personnels.