The actor Sanjay Dutt, who was sentenced last week to five years in prison for illegal possession of weapons supplied by the masterminds of the 1993 Mumbai bombings, has accepted his sentence and will not apply for a pardon, he said Thursday.
“Just let me be in peace till I surrender,” he begged reporters gathered outside his Mumbai residence. Mr. Dutt was accompanied by his sister, Priya Dutt, a Congress Party member of parliament.
Mr. Dutt’s high-profile case is just the latest example of the tight links between Bollywood, India’s film industry, and Mumbai’s notorious underworld.
While ganglords allegedly finance Bollywood blockbuster movies and use the film industry to launder black money, Bollywood actors have complained openly of receiving threats from underworld gangsters. Full story...
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“Just let me be in peace till I surrender,” he begged reporters gathered outside his Mumbai residence. Mr. Dutt was accompanied by his sister, Priya Dutt, a Congress Party member of parliament.
Mr. Dutt’s high-profile case is just the latest example of the tight links between Bollywood, India’s film industry, and Mumbai’s notorious underworld.
While ganglords allegedly finance Bollywood blockbuster movies and use the film industry to launder black money, Bollywood actors have complained openly of receiving threats from underworld gangsters. Full story...
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