Actor Sanjay Dutt to start life as an inmate
Death threat sent to prison as Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt prepares to start prison term
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt told a court in Mumbai that he will surrender on Thursday to start his prison term.
A jail official said that adequate security will be provided at the prison following an anonymous death threat for Dutt, who has been convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
IGP (Prisons) Vinod Lokhande said Arthur Road Central Jail authorities in Mumbai had received an anonymous letter alleging threat to Dutt's life. No details were provided.
"We have taken cognisance of the letter received three days ago and shall be providing adequate security to Sanjay Dutt," said a top officer of the Arthur Road jail.
It is not clear in which jail Dutt would be lodged but authorities said he might be taken initially to Arthur Road Jail and then shifted to Yerwada prison, police sources said.
Dutt has been convicted under the Arms Act and sentenced to a five-year jail term. He has already undergone imprisonment for one year and six months.
