India | Updated Nov 28, 2006 at 01:25pm IST

Egg-shaped cell for Sanjay Dutt?

ANI

Mumbai: If convicted for possession of an AK-47 assault rifle during the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt could be housed in the Unda Cell or an egg-shaped cell of the Arthur Road Jail.

According to a television channel report, the Unda Cell is an isolation cell shaped like an egg and meant for terrorists and hardcore criminals. Dutt was kept briefly in this cell during his 18-month prison stint in 1993-94.

The Arthur Road Jail is home to some of the country's most dreaded gangsters, many of them from the Chhota Rajan and Dawood gangs.

The jail has 22 barracks meant to house 800 undertrials, but is currently home to 3,000 undertrials.

Among the inmates in the jail are Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar and his key aides Ejas Pathan, Saleem Shaikh and Ehtesham Haji. The Chhota Rajan gang is represented by DK Rao, Saji Joseph and Vineet Yadav.

Before TADA court Judge P D Kode began delivering his order, the barrack housing the Unda Cell already had 30 blast accused. Since then, 60 more have been added.

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