Sanju: The Journalist Who Broke The News Of Sanjay Dutt's Arrest Recalls How He Got His Big Story!
While Sanjay Dutt's life story does make up for an interesting watch on the celluloid, there are few people who are miffed with Hirani's portrayal of Dutt's life on the silver screen.
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Rajkumar
Hirani's
Sanju
has
smashing
all
box
office
records
with
praises
pouring
in
from
all
nooks
and
corners
for
Ranbir
Kapoor's
earnest
performance.
While
Sanjay
Dutt's
life
story
does
make
up
for
an
interesting
watch
on
the
celluloid,
there
are
few
people
who
are
miffed
with
Hirani's
portrayal
of
Dutt's
life
on
the
silver
screen.
One
amongst
them
is
veteran
crime
journalist
Baljeet
Parmar
who
incidentally
was
the
one
who
first
broke
the
news
of
Sanjay
Dutt's
link
in
the
1993
Mumbai
blasts
case.
In
a
recent
report,
he
recalled
how
he
got
whiff
of
the
fact
that
Sanjay
Dutt's
name
had
cropped
up
in
the
Mumbai
serial
blasts
investigations.
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down
to
read
more-
How
A
Little
Tip-Off
Led
To
Breaking
A
Big
News
As
per
a
report
on
Quint,
on
12
April
1993,
one
month
after
the
blasts,
Parmar
made
a
routine
visit
to
the
Mahim
police
station,
which
was
the
nerve
centre
of
the
investigations.
where
he
was
tipped
off
about
the
big
news
by
a
senior
IPS
officer,
who
said,
"Aapke
MP
ke
bete
ka
naam
aa
raha
hai
(Your
MP's
son's
name
is
coming
in
the
investigation)".
Parmar
Quickly
Figured
It
Had
To
Do
Something
With
Sanjay
Dutt
Parmar
was
quoted
as
saying
to
PTI,
"
It
did
not
take
me
long
to
figure
out
that
the
MP
being
referred
to
was
Sunil
Dutt.
However,
I
could
not
confirm
it
since
all
the
senior
officers,
including
the
then
commissioner
of
police
Amarjeet
Singh
Samra,
were
tight-lipped."
But
He
Wanted
A
Confirmation
He
then
called
another
IPS
officer
at
the
Mahim
station
and
tried
his
luck
by
saying,"Suna
hai
aapne
kisi
MP
ke
bete
ko
uthaya
hai
(I
have
heard
that
you
have
picked
up
an
MP's
son)".
He
was
told,
" No,
we
have
not,
as
he
is
shooting
abroad."
Parmar's
Shot
In
The
Dark
Turned
True
He
guessed
it
correct
and
that's
how
he
got
his
big
breaking
story.
Dutt
Called
Him
Up
From
Mauritius
In
an
article
which
was
featured
in
a
leading
daily
in
2007,Parmar
revealed
that
Sanjay
Dutt
had
called
him
from
Mauritius
to
know
the
details
of
the
police
case
against
him.
He
Wanted
To
Know
The
Details
About
The
Punishment
"I
told
him
(Sanjay
Dutt)
that
his
friends
Samir
Hingora
and
Yusuf
Nulwala
had
squealed
on
him.
"Oh
my
God,"
said
Dutt,
and
disconnected.
Two
hours
later
he
called
again,
wanting
to
know
about
the
punishment
if
he
got
caught."
I
told
him.
If
he
surrendered
with
weapons,
he
would
be
charged
under
the
Arms
Act
and
could
get
bail.
But
if
the
police
arrested
him
and
recovered
the
weapons,
he
could
be
charged
under
TADA
-
without
bail."
25
years
later,
one
would
imagine
that
Parmar
would
be
quite
excited
to
watch
the
real
man's
story
on
reel.
However
instead,
in
a
Facebook
post,
the
journalist
chose
to
thrash
it
without
watching
it-
Do
you
folks
feel
it
is
fair
to
thrash
a
film
without
watching
it
in
the
first
place?
Let
us
know
in
the
comment
section
below.