Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, convicted in 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case is now a free man. He walked out of Pune's Yerwada Jail after 42 months.
Present to receive him outside the jail amidst tight security were his wife Manyata and their children, sister and former MP Priya Dutt and her family, film director Rajkumar Hirani, thousands of fans, a huge media contingent from across India and abroad.
Shortly after he walked out, the actor drove to Pune airport to board a chartered plane to Mumbai. Once in Mumbai, he will proceed straight to the famed Siddhi Vinayak temple to offer prayers.
Then he will visit the Bada Kabrastan in Marine Lines and pray at the grave of his mother the late actress Nargis Dutt.
On the eve of his release after serving 42 months behind bars, a public interest litigation was filed in the Bombay High Court on Wednesday challenging his early release on remission, alleging that the 56-year-old actor was getting preferential treatment.
Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Ram Shinde on Tuesday said the actor will be completing his jail term on February 25, after counting in the eight months and 16 days he earned as exemption or remission on account of good behaviour in prison.
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