New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- Days after his arrest for tampering with a court-mandated ankle monitor, the Supreme Court in Brazil on Tuesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his 27-year sentence behind bars for a botched coup bid to remain in power, after his loss to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro who has exhausted all his appeals, will remain in a special room at police headquarters in Brasilia - a secure space for protected prisoners with a bed, TV, air conditioning and private bathroom - where he is currently detained.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the former president to start the sentence in an order issued on Tuesday.

His lawyers had asked the court to allow him to serve the sentence under h...