Indore kothi gets a facelift after CJI Lahoti clears out

The CJI was in Indore yesterday to attend a wedding and was slated to stay at the Kothi for the night. But, put off by the poor arrangements at the guesthouse, Lahoti chose to spend the night at his daughter’s house instead.

But before the CJI left the Kothi, his protocol officer wrote a complaint in the visitor’s book. “The bathroom was not clean, used soaps were kept and the towels were stinking,” the complaint said. Lahoti was staying in suite no. 9, the Governor’s Suite. Aggarwal rushed to the marriage venue to apologise to the CJI when he learned what had happened. Sources say the CJI later pointed out to senior officials that “even in small towns the arrangements in guesthouses are better than what we have in my home state”.

The collector said no action had been taken against the guesthouse staff, adding Lahoti had said that the staffers “should just be asked to be careful about maintenance in future”.