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Sanjay Dutt marries girlfriend
MUMBAI—Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, jailed last year for illegal
weapons possession and links to Mumbai’s underworld, has tied the knot
with his long-time girlfriend while out on bail, a friend said.
Dutt had a secret court wedding with former starlet Manyata Dilnawaz
Shaikh in a Goa beach resort on Thursday and was celebrating formal
Hindu nuptials in Mumbai Monday, a friend who was present told on
condition of anonymity.
The 48-year-old actor, who was sentenced to six years in prison, was
released on bail in November pending an appeal against his conviction to
India’s Supreme Court.
When he was freed, Dutt had served nearly three months of his sentence
handed down for purchasing weapons from the plotters of the 1993 Mumbai
bombings that killed 257 people.
The star can remain out of jail until the outcome of his appeal to the
Supreme Court, his lawyer Karan Singh has told AFP. No date has been set
for the appeal hearing. The star, best known for playing a mobster with
a heart of gold, lost his first wife, also an actress, to cancer.
His second marriage, to a model, ended in divorce. Speculation about a
third marriage has been rife in the Indian media for months. Dutt has
refused to respond to queries on his marital status.—Agencies
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