When he steps out of the Bhopal Central Jail after completing his sentence for murder, Dinesh Tiwari hopes to become a priest for which he is being trained at the prison. Authorities at the jail in the Madhya Pradesh capital have started a programme to train Brahmin Hindu inmates in religious rituals as part of steps by the Bharatiya Janata Party government to reform prisoners.
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