Mumbai: Could actor Sanjay Dutt have prevented the deadly Mumbai bomb blasts of 1993 that killed 257 people and left 1,400 injured?

Ujjwal Nikam, who was a public prosecutor in the matter, believes he could have. In a recent freewheeling chat with Subhankar Mishra on his YouTube channel, Nikam said that it was Dutt’s craze for weapons that caused his downfall at that time. The actor was arrested under the Arms Act after an Ak-56 rifle was found in his possession and had to spend seven years in jail. ADVERTISEMENT

The Indian Express has quoted Nikam as saying thaf Dutt may not have known anything about the blasts but he was aware that gangsters like Abu Salem were in possession of large stocks of sophisticated weapons and explosives. Had he informed the authorities, the blasts may have b

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