bollywoods deadly dutt set for prison release
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Bollywood's 'Deadly Dutt' set for prison release

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Bollywood's 'Deadly Dutt' set for prison release

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt
Mumbai - AFP

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will be released from prison next month after serving a sentence for possessing weapons supplied by gangsters behind the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, reports said Wednesday.

The disgraced star will walk free from Yerwada Central Jail in the western state of Maharashtra on February 27, slightly ahead of schedule, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.

Dutt was originally sentenced to a six-year term after being convicted in 2006 of possessing guns supplied by mafia bosses who orchestrated the series of bombings in Mumbai that killed 257 people.

He spent 18 months in prison before being released on bail in 2007, pending an appeal.

In March 2013, the Supreme Court upheld his conviction but cut his prison term from six years to five.

Dutt was later granted four extra weeks of freedom to work on unfinished movies and went back to jail in May that year to serve the remaining three-and-a-half years of his sentence.

PTI said on Wednesday that Maharashtra Home Minister Ranjit Patil had granted Dutt remission, clearing his release for February 27. Calls and text messages to the minister by AFP went unanswered.

The 56-year-old actor shot to fame in the mid-1980s in a string of action movies in which he performed his own stunts, earning him the nickname "Deadly Dutt".

He is best known for playing a mobster with a heart of gold in the popular "Munnabhai" series.

The 1993 attacks were believed to have been staged by Muslim underworld figures in retaliation for religious riots in which mainly Muslims died, following the razing of an ancient mosque at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state.

Dutt was found guilty of possession of an automatic rifle and a pistol, which he insisted were only meant to protect his family in the tense atmosphere in Mumbai following the mosque's destruction.

In 2007, he was acquitted of more serious charges of conspiracy in the deadly blasts, which also wounded more than 700 people.

 

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

bollywoods deadly dutt set for prison release bollywoods deadly dutt set for prison release

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

bollywoods deadly dutt set for prison release bollywoods deadly dutt set for prison release

 



GMT 11:50 2017 Wednesday ,22 February

2 Additional N. Koreans Identified as Being Linked

GMT 17:39 2017 Saturday ,02 September

Minister underlines support for OPEC cut deal

GMT 03:39 2017 Sunday ,24 September

6 arrested over extremist recruitment in Russia

GMT 02:26 2017 Thursday ,23 November

Al Hariri returns to Lebanon and abandons resignation

GMT 21:33 2017 Friday ,29 September

Official underlines economic improvement

GMT 04:36 2017 Wednesday ,14 June

EU seeks post-Brexit powers over London finance

GMT 17:59 2017 Friday ,20 October

In Syria, student dreams shattered by war

GMT 11:30 2017 Thursday ,16 February

Four dynamic ways to style your family’s portraits

GMT 13:54 2015 Saturday ,24 October

Kuznetsova ends title drought at Kremlin Cup
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday