A day before Supreme Court decides his political fate, actor Sanjay Dutt faced some brickbats in Lucknow, from where he is aspiring to become a Member of Parliament.

After a brief visit to Mumbai, Dutt resumed campaigning on Sunday. But as he was returning from a house on the Lucknow University campus, stones were thrown at his cavalcade by protestors believed to be hostellers. While no one was injured in the melee, the last of the five-car fleet ferrying his security men was hit by stones.

The group of students, mostly from Golden Jubilee Hostel, were angry that Dutt, who was on his way to the party office at Kaiserbagh, did not get down from his car to meet the waiting crowd. Dutt had gone to the campus to meet film director Abhishek Tandon, son of Professor T K Tandon of the Botany Department.

However, as the news spread, hundreds of hostellers gathered near the house and waited for almost an hour for a glimpse of the actor. On his way out, Dutt waved to the waiting crowds and sign a few autographs. “Since the crowd was swelling it was impossible for him to sign autographs and get clicked with everybody, and so me hurriedly moved on,” said Abhishek, who is directing a film titled 72 hours. “I had approached Sanjay to cast him in the film. Since we both were in Lucknow, he called on me to take things forward,” said Abhishek, confirming that Dutt had accepted the script.

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