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New Delhi: Two days of agonising wait later, actor Sanjay Dutt finally walked out of Pune’s Yerwada jail early on Thursday morning.

Accompanied by his brother-in-law Kumar Gaurav, friend Yusuf Nalwala and lawyer Satish Maneshinde, Dutt immediately got into a waiting Tata Sumo and left for Pune airport from where he boarded a chartered flight to Mumbai's Santa Cruz airport.

Dressed in a white striped shirt and faded blue jeans, a hassled-looking Dutt hurriedly got into the vehicle without as much as waving to the contingent of journalists waiting outside the jail.

His hair cropped short and beard grown, Dutt carried a plastic bag containing the clothes he wore when he was brought to the jail. He shook hands with the jail guards before being ushered into the vehicle.

Dutt was released at 0530 hrs (IST) - an unusually early hour - to avoid crowds gathered outside the jail since Monday.

The homecoming

Meanwhile in Mumbai, fans started queuing up outside Dutt's Bandra residence as the news of the actor's release trickled in.

Security outside his house was increased immediately after the news. At around 0830 hrs (IST), when Dutt's cavalcade finally reached there, there was considerable excitement with fans climbing up the boundary walls to catch a glimpse of the star.

Though Dutt's sister Priya Dutt could not make it to Pune to receive her brother, she was in the house to welcome him.

Several of Dutt's colleagues from the film fraternity were also present at the Santa Cruz airport to receive the actor.

During his stint in the Yerwada jail, Dutt worked as a carpenter and earned Rs 204 as wages.

Lawyers to blame

The actor – sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case – was granted an interim bail by Supreme Court last week, but could not be freed for two days due to legal hassles.