Gangster Abu Salem, serving a life sentence in the 1993 bomb blasts case, has sent a legal notice to the makers of "Sanju" over what he claimed to be "malicious" and "defamatory" remarks made against him in the film based on Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's life.
The notice was sent recently by his lawyer Prashant Pandey to "Sanju" director Rajkumar Hirani, co-producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, besides production houses the Rajkumar Hirani Films, Vinod Chopra Films and Fox Star Studio.
The notice alleged that "baseless, malicious and defamatory remarks" have been made against the extradited gangster in Dutt's biographical film that features Ranbir Kapoor in the lead role.
Referring to a particular scene in the movie, it said, "The scene, where Ranbir Kapoor (who plays Dutt) gives a confessional statement about possession of arms and ammunition during communal tension around our country in 1993, is defaming my client (Salem), as my client never supplied arms and ammunition to Sanjay Dutt, as pictured in the film."