MOVIES - April 13, 1987
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Indian film star Sunil Dutt defied death threats from Sikh extremists and entered the holy city of Amritsar on Sunday after leading a 1,250-mile peace march across north India. Police armed with submachine guns ringed the actor-turned-politician as he ended the trek from Bombay. Extremists fighting for a separate Sikh homeland in Punjab have threatened to kill Dutt, 54, if he enters Amritsar’s Golden Temple, Sikhdom’s holiest shrine, today.
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