Aspiring actor Suraj Pancholi opened up about his 23-day ordeal in jail in connection to accusations that he abetted the suicide of his girlfriend, Bollywood actress Jiah Khan. 

Authorities told Pancholi to come into the Juhu police station for questioning shortly after Khan's death on June 3 in her Mumbai home, the 22-year-old told The Times of India. However, as he was about to leave his building, he claimed four people put me in a car and drove me to the police station where he was arrested. They took his phone, iPad, drives and laptop, and he said he still has not gotten them back. He was in lock-up for four days.

"For those four days, I did not have a bath or brush my teeth, remained in the same clothes, had no pillow or a blanket. There was pee on the floor on both sides as the guy I was sharing the cell with was 20 and told me he had raped two girls and was a drug addict," he said. "There would be vomit on both sides ...They did not let me talk to my family in the lock-up for those four days and I first met my mom on the fourth day in court.  I was then taken to Arthur Road jail that is considered one of the dirtiest jails."

Suraj Pancholi Talks Jiah Khan's Suicide & Romance: 'I Still Love Her'

Also known as Mumbai Central Prison, it is Mumbai's largest and oldest prison. Pancholi said people at Arthur Road "were amused by the fact that I was in for such a kachcha case for which there was no proof." There were 10 gangs and fighting and stabbing took place routinely in the prison, he claimed. 

"I was kept in what they called the 'unda cell' where they put the biggest terrorists," he explained. It's a large secure egg-shaped cell with seven sub-cells and anyone in each of these cells can see others within the unda cell. In my cell, there were two older non-criminal men, one was a builder and the other, an income tax professional. They put me with them so that I would not be stabbed or subjected to extortion outside." 

During his days served in Arthur Road Jail, Pancholi said he was not allowed to go out of his cell. He was served food inside the room because authorities felt it would be dangerous for him if I went out.

Pancholi also talked about his thought process while serving time in jail. He thought of Khan during his sentence, but said, "I had no fear or guilt and in my heart. I knew that just because we had broken up, it could not be considered wrong."

"I used to help her and have saved her life a couple of times before, so I knew I would get out. But I was in shock that my girlfriend was not there any more," he said. "The police interrogation, jail food, hygiene was a small price to pay as someone's life had gone. I did not cry in front of my parents as I knew they would feel bad. I cried when I came back home hugging my pillow."

Pancholi was released on bail on July 1. A judge ruled that Pancholi could not be held solely responsible for the "impulsive" act by 25-year-old actress.

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