It will cost ? 500 per night!
The Haldwani administration in Uttarakhand has come up with a unique initiative to offer travel enthusiasts who want to experience what it's like to be imprisoned.
They said this is also meant for those visitors who wish to serve time to remove a problematic astrological alignment from their horoscope.
And in order to accomplish this, the jail administration in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, has thought of a unique way to assist individuals in avoiding "bad karma" for a little price of ? 500 per night spent in jail.
An area of the former prison is currently being renovated to provide lodging for "tourists" seeking a true "jail experience."
Not just tourists, but also those whose astrologers have counselled them to serve time in jail in order to avoid "Bandhan Yog" in horoscopes that predict imprisonment.
According to a report by The Times of India, the Haldwani prison was built in 1903, and a portion of it, comprising the old armoury with six staff quarters, which has remained abandoned, is currently being used to receive "jail guests" from now.
"The jail frequently received "orders" from senior officials to allow "recommended persons" to spend a few hours in the jail barracks.
These "tourist inmates" are given prison uniforms and food made in the jail kitchen too", Satish Sukhija, the prison's deputy jail superintendent told TOI.
"All such cases are mainly for people whose astrologers predict that a jail term is inevitable as per the planetary positions in their horoscope. We have arranged for them," the jail official said.
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