Indian prison guard suspended for 'hugging'

Authorities in India suspended a prison guard and were investigating eight others for hugging and shaking hands with Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt after he was temporarily released on bail last week, a prison official said today.

Television channels showed the police guards smiling and greeting Dutt as he left after spending 22 days in the Yerwada prison in Pune, 160km (100 miles) south-east of Mumbai, following his conviction on a weapons violation.