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| Sanjay Dutt to be moved to Pune's Yerawada jail |
| 2007-08-02 |
| Actor Sanjay Dutt will be shifted to Yerawada Jail near Pune from Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai after he on Thursday withdrew his application to be kept in a prison in this city. Inspector General (Prisons) Satish Mathur said the actor, given a six-year jail term in the 1993 blasts case, would be taken to Yerawada Jail like many other convicts in the same case but did not specify when he would be shifted. Dutt was on Tuesday sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six years by a special court in Mumbai after being convicted for illegally possessing an AK-56 rifle and a 9mm pistol. Bollywood star spends sleepless night inside Buddha Cell As an actor, he has donned a convict’s uniform in some of his films. On Wednesday, life imitated art as Sanjay Dutt, who was convicted for possession of an AK-56 rifle, slipped into a white kurta and pyjama in his Arthur Road prison barrack. But the clothes, if officials and some of his fellow prisoners are to be believed, weighed heavily on him. He did not sleep all through the night, his first in jail as a convict, and was seen smoking continuously. Dutt has been lodged in one of the small cells inside barrack number 1. But the authorities have allowed him one small pleasure—the company of his friend Yusuf Nulwalla, who was convicted for helping him destroy evidence. The ground-floor barrack, where Dutt and Nulwalla are staying, is known as the Buddha Cell inside the jail as it houses several elderly undertrials—it has been reserved for the infirm and the elderly among the prisoners, so that they do not need to climb the stairs, explain jail officials. It used to accommodate women undertrials until the women’s cell was shifted to the Byculla prison. "The actor looked upset and smoked continuously in his cell. He was offered dinner by inmates but he refused. Later, he did accept a maska-pav and again began smoking. He was silent and did not talk to anyone," said an undertrial. The barrack, which can hold 20 inmates, is currently used to accommodate over 100 prisoners. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #6 Imawada? No, Yerawada. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-08-02 15:06 |
| #5 Seething! More sleepless nights in store. |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2007-08-02 13:31 |
| #4 Live! From the Buddha Cell of the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai! It's...The Sanjay Dutt Show! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-08-02 12:43 |
| #3 Hope he enjoys it. "Looked upset" indeed. |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-08-02 12:19 |
| #2 I predict celebrations in Yerawada Jail... |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-08-02 11:47 |
| #1 Oh, baby, take me with you! |
| Posted by: Mahmoud Al-Jailbirdi 2007-08-02 10:52 |