Pune’s Yerawada Jail has announced a “Jail Wapsi” campaign to bring Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, currently on parole, back to jail.

“Technically, he has never been in jail,” said Asrani Khobargade, jailor of the Yerawada prison. “He has been on a long parole and when he decides to take a parole from his parole, he comes here. It’s about time we did something to bring him well and truly back. Hence this Jail Wapsi operation,” Asrani told The UnReal Times.

The plan has received the support of the other inmates of Yerawada Jail. “Sanju is our dear brother who has lost his way and ended up outside the jail in parties and movie screenings. We support any effort that brings him back home,” said Chakku Singh, an inmate of the jail.

Some of the other prisoners who were trying to get fit have also given their support to the campaign. “The way Sanju baba got rid of his paunch and ended up with 8 pack abs in inspiring. He is a role model for the guys here who started working out after seeing his transformation, ” said a prisoner nicknamed Motabhai who’s just started working out.

The jail management is now brainstorming on what promises they could make to Sanju in order to lure him back. “One option we have is to invite him to a grand New Year bash in Pune and then trick him into coming back to jail,” the jailor said. “Another is to organize a fitness camp or something like that, and lure him to flaunt his abs. Let’s see. It’s work in progress.”

“The moment he steps back we’ll purify him by making him shower in the jail bathroom, feed him some stale jail food, and change his name to Kaidi number 16656, thereby completing his homecoming,” the jailer added.

The New York Times tweeted in support of this campaign, saying, “In the current atmosphere of Ultra-Nationalist Hindutva party BJP ruling Centre and State with support of Hindu Militants of Shiv Sena, he is safer in jail than outside.”

Sources added that a similar operation is being planned in the premises of Delhi’s Tihar Jail to bring convict Manu Sharma back.

(With inputs from UnReal Mama, Ajayendar)