India, May 6 -- Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was accused of illegal possession of arms and was later convicted for possessing a 9mm pistol, an AK-56 rifle, hand grenades, and ammunition. In a recent podcast with Hussain Zaidi, former Mumbai Police Commissioner MN Singh revisited the case and recalled how Sanjay's father, actor-politician Sunil Dutt, had requested him to save his son.

MN Singh said that Sanjay had spoken to Dawood Ibrahim and got the weapons delivered to his house. He added that the police were shocked to learn that Sanjay had accepted the delivery, especially given Sunil Dutt's reputation as a respected and upright individual. However, he maintained that Sanjay could not be let off simply because he was a film star.

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