Sanjay Dutt gets extension in parole due to Maanyata’s illness

Sanjay Dutt was granted a month-long parole on December 6 last year, for a second time in a little over a month. (IE Photo)

Maharashtra government on Monday (January 20) extended Bollywood actor and 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case convict Sanjay Dutt’s parole by another 30 days on the ground of his wife Maanyata’s illness.

Sanjay Dutt was granted a month-long parole on December 6 last year, for a second time in a little over a month, which triggered protests outside Pune’s Yerawada Jail forcing the government to order an inquiry.

Earlier, Sanjay Dutt had availed of a month-long leave of furlough on medical grounds and was back in jail on October 30.

The 53-year-old actor was supposed to return to the jail on Tuesday (January 21) as his current month-long parole expires on Tuesday.