Mumbai : Actor Sanjay Dutt has had to exchange his trademark jeans and shirt for a white kurta and pyjama, the standard attire for a convict, in the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai where he is not being accorded any special treatment.
The only bright moment for Dutt, given a six-year jail term in the 1993 blasts case, was a visit by his girlfriend Maanyata.
"He must have worn the clothes (of a prisoner) many times in his long film career. This time it's for real," said a senior official at the high-security jail in Central Mumbai.
Maanyata, accompanied by Dutt's sisters Priya and Namrata and brother-in-law Owen Roncon, met the actor in the jail late Wednesday evening during visiting hours.
Contrary to reports in a section of the media, the official said Dutt was very composed and going through the same routine as any of the jail's other 2,400-odd prisoners.
Dutt had his dinner late Tuesday evening after being taken into the jail, the third time he has been held there since his arrest in 1993. The only difference was that he is now a convict.
"His meals comprise dal, rice and chapatis while breakfast is poha and fruits. No special treatment is being given to him," the official said. "Breakfast is served at 0730 hours, lunch at 1130 and dinner at 1800."
Dutt can also have food available in the canteen for prisoners facing trial as a supplement as the intervals between meals are ‘very long’, the official said.
"Both him and Yusuf Nalwalla have been kept in the same barrack but it is not barrack numbers 1 or 10 as is being speculated," the official added.
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