TVC E, MOVIES – Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is free.
Dutt was released from prison early after serving about four years of a five-year sentence for possessing weapons supplied by gangsters behind the deadly bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993.
He was released ahead of schedule for good behaviour.
Facing a crush of police and media outside Yerwada Central Jail, the smiling 56-year-old was bundled into a white SUV and driven away.
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.
Dutt was granted several months of freedom at different times during his jail spell to work on unfinished Bollywood movies whose multi-million dollar productions were at risk.
He is best known for playing a mobster with a heart of gold in the popular “Munnabhai” series.
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