The Bollywood Star Sanjay Dut Behind Bar For Another Three And a Half Year, Over 1993 Mumbai Bombings

 A top Indian court has directed the top Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt aka ‘Sanju baba’ to return behind the bars for a further three and a half years, in account of 1993 Mumbai serial bombings, not only stunning Indian big screen but also thousands of Sanju Baba’s lovers.

Sanjay, who is the most high-profile of the 100 men and women who were convicted for the 1993 Mumbai bombings, is also in shock because of the recent decision by the India’s Supreme Court.

The bombings on 12 March 1993 were engineered by an Indian silver smuggler and gangster, Mushtaq  Memon aka “Tiger”, widely seen as revenge for the destruction of the Mughal-era historic Babari Mosque three months back in the hands of Hindu fanatics.

At that time the rumors were there that the real mastermind behind the attacks was said to be Mumbai’s underworld don ‘Daud Ibrahim.’

At the time, the bombings were the worst terrorist attack the world had seen, with 13 bombs set off over a two-hour period across Mumbai that resulted into a life loss of 257 besides injuring 713.

Indian super star ‘Sanju Baba’ had been out on parole since 2007, when he appealed against the original sentence by a lower court of six years imprisonment for possessing illegal weapons including Kalashnikov and a 9 mm pistol.

Sanjay’s defense was that he knew nothing about the bomb plot and that he asked for the guns to protect his family after receiving threats during sectarian riots in Mumbai.

The Supreme Court reduced the sentence for Dutt on Thursday to five years. Having already spent 18 months in jail, he will serve only the remainder of his sentence.

He has been asked to surrender to prison authorities in a month.

During the drawn-out trial in a special anti-terrorism court, which finally led to the sentencing of 100 men and women in 2007, there were accusations that Dutt was getting preferential treatment thanks to his high-profile status and his political connections.

After the trial court sentenced him in 2007, Dutt went to the Supreme Court and secured bail, since when he has re-established his successful film career, especially with the hit Munnabhai film trilogy.