Sanjay Dutt opens up about serving five-year sentence following Arms Act conviction
Sharing his honest thoughts on the Babri Masjid demolition, Sanjay said, “My father was being threatened, my sisters were being threatened. They said I had a gun, but they couldn’t prove it. So I don’t know what it was that actually put me inside there.
“All I can say is that it shouldn’t have taken them 25 years to realize that I was not involved in the TADA Act or the bomb blast case. I don’t know why it took them so long, and then convict me in the Arms Act case without having a gun, without finding a gun.”Sanjay Dutt is sharing intimate details about his imprisonment as he revisits the traumatic events of 1993.
In an exclusive interview with The Himanshu Mehta Show, the Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. actor, who served a five-year sentence following his conviction under the Arms Act, spoke at length about his time behind bars.He added that he sought refuge in his problems, using this time to learn and grow while enduring its brutalities with resilience.
Instead of giving in to the pressure, the Dhurandhar actor said, “But I take it as a part of my life, and I take it as a learning. I learned a lot—the laws of the land, how to act as a prosecutor and a defence lawyer, and many other things. I read a lot of books on law. I faced my jail time with dignity. When I was there, I read a lot of books. I prayed a lot.”
On the professional front, the actor is gearing up for the release of his film Dhurandhar, co-starring Ranveer Singh.