SRINAGAR: More than 50 senior Kashmir politicians lodged in the Centaur hotel in Srinagar were on Monday allowed to meet their relatives, who brought them clothes, fruits and other eatables.The Centaur hotel on the banks of the Dal Lake was turned into a subsidiary prison on August 5 when the government withdrew Article 370 from J&K. Sajjad Lone , Imran Ansari, Yasir Reshi, Ishfaq Jabbar, Ashraf Mir, Salman Sagar, Mubarak Gul, Nayeem Akhtar, Khursheed Alam, Waheed Para and Sheikh Imran are among the leaders lodged in the hotel-turned-prison.“It is like a jail but we are glad that my son is fine,” said an elderly man, who was among several visitors ET spoke to as they came out after meeting their relatives or were waiting for their turn. “We were allowed to talk for a few minutes in the gallery outside the hotel room. My son told me that they are being looked after but had no clue about what is happening outside,” said the man. “Their only source of information is visitors and newspapers.”Senior politicians of the National Conference, PDP and Congress lodged at the hotel are, however, said to be getting information about the developments outside. A close aide of a mainstream leader said: “He was concerned about the political situation in the valley.”The aide added: “I was carrying some of his belongings, but security personnel did not allow a packet of cigarette we got for him.”Last week, the state administration issued an order allowing people to meet the family members of jailed politicians after seeking permission from the jail authorities. “They are allowed to stay in a manner similar to jail. There are no televisions but they are reading daily newspapers and books to keep themselves engaged,” a security personnel told ET.A woman in her 60s waiting for her turn outside the hotel gate said she had come to meet her husband, who she said was a PDP MLA. “I had come on Sunday at 6 pm but they did not allow me. The meeting timing policemen said was between 10 am and 4 pm,” she said. “My husband is 65 years old… He is well respected and never violated law. This is for the first time he has been put in jail. I am staying at Srinagar with my relatives so that I come to meet him. We are carrying some clothes and eatables for him.”The iconic hotel was constructed in the 1980s. It was the first state institution that was allowed to be taken over by an entity outside the state, ITDC.