Bollywood actor and star prisoner of
Yerawada Central Jail Sanjay Dutt
emerged from prison for the first time in
more than two months for a visit to a
hospital, official sources said on Saturday,
Zee News reports.
Dutt was taken under tight security to the
Sassoon Hospital, where he underwent a
full general medical check-up by a team
of four doctors.
Unofficial reports claimed that Dutt was
had been ailing, but jail authorities and
hospital officials remained tight-lipped
about the details of the actor`s medical
check-up, which lasted around three
hours.
Dutt returned to prison after the hospital
visit. This was the first time Dutt was emerging
from the famous Yerawada Central Jail in
over two months after his surrender
before a Mumbai Special Court May 16 to
serve the remainder of his sentence after
his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
On May 22, he was shifted out of
Mumbai`s Arthur Road Central Jail and
whisked off to Yerawada Central Jail to
serve the sentence that remained.
During his hearing before the Special
TADA Court, Dutt had sought home-
cooked food, medicines and other
facilities, which he was permitted for a
month.
However, the Yerawada jail authorities
objected to these privileges, citing the jail
manual, since Dutt was serving time in
prison as a convict, and was not an
undertrial. Subsequently, Dutt was taught
to make paper bags, a tedious indoor chore, that security personnel thought
would be best for his safety. He is paid
around Rs 25 each day for the bags. daily
times monitor.
No comments:
Post a Comment