Munna Bhai seeks marriage annulment

PANAJI—Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt and his longtime girlfriend who wed earlier this month have asked authorities to annul their marriage for technical reasons, a court official said.
Dutt, on bail for illegal weapons possession, tied the knot with former starlet Manyata Dilnawaz Shaikh in a secret ceremony at a Goan beach resort and a few days later held a traditional Hindu wedding in Mumbai.
But their nuptials immediately ran into problems, with a man claiming to be Manyata’s husband saying the pair had never been divorced and that they had a two-year-old son staying with the starlet’s mother, according to media reports. Neither Dutt, who has been married twice before, nor Manyata, had filed proof of their divorces before holding the marriage ceremony in the former Portuguese colony, contravening local laws, the official told.
“Sanjay Dutt and Manyata on Wednesday filed a joint declaration... stating they do not desire to solemnise their marriage under the Portuguese civil code, 1867,” said the official, quoting from an affidavit filed by the couple.
He said the couple cited technical reasons for their request to the court. It was not immediately known whether the pair would seek to remarry. The bride was also alleged to have forged residence documents to marry in Goa. Dutt, 48, sentenced to six years in prison, was released on bail in November pending an appeal against his weapons conviction to India’s Supreme Court.—Agencies