The Rajasthan government said to the Supreme Court, actor Salman Khan should be ordered to surrender immediately so he can return to jail in two poaching cases.

The Rajasthan High Court found Mr Khan not guilty killing an endangered species of gazelle or chinkara in two separate incidents in 1998 while he was shooting a film in the desert state.

The state government has today challenged his acquittal and wants him to be imprisoned to serve the rest of his sentence after being convicted in 2007 for hunting down and killing the chinkaras, he was awarded a one-year prison term and a five-year prison term respectively.

The actor then spent a week in jail in Jodhpur before being granted bail.

- Nandini