The Maharashtra government on Monday extended Bollywood actor and 1993
Mumbai serial blasts case convict Sanjay Dutt’s parole by 30 more days
on the ground of his wife Maanyata’s illness.
Dutt was granted a month-long parole on December 6 last year as well,
for a second time in little over a month, which had triggered protests
outside Pune’s Yerwada jail and forced the government to order an
inquiry.
Earlier, he had availed of a month-long leave of furlough on medical
grounds and was back in jail on October 30. The 53-year-old actor was
supposed to return to the jail on Tuesday as his current month-long
parole expires on that day.
Pune divisional commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh on Monday sanctioned
Dutt’s plea for further extension of his parole, on Monday.
The Supreme Court had convicted Dutt last year and sentenced him to
five years in prison for illegal possession of arms in a case related to
the 1993 bomb blasts. Dutt has already served 18 months of his term and
is currently undergoing the remaining 42 months. Earlier this month,
Maanyata was admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai after being
diagnosed with a tumour in liver and a suspected heart ailment.
Meanwhile, another convict of the 1993 serial blasts case, Zaibunissa
Kazi, too was granted parole. The Yerwada jail administration on Monday
informed the Bombay high court that it had allowed parole leave for a
month to Kazi. She had sought leave on the ground of attending to her
90-year-old mother who is suffering from various ailments.
Seventy-two-year-old Kazi had surrendered before a Tada (Terrorism and
Disruptive Activities Prevention Act) court in May 2013, after the
Supreme Court convicted her in April. She was charged under the Tada Act
for aiding and abetting terrorism activity and has been sentenced to
five years’ rigorous imprisonment. Read more..
Source: Entertainment News
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