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Bollywood star Salman Khan appeared before a Jodhpur court yesterday, to record his statement in the 17-year-old Arms Act case. Pleading his innocence, the actor today alleged that he has been framed by forest officials as he recorded his statement in a court in an Arms Act case against him in connection with poaching of protected black bucks at Kankani village in October, 1998.
Friday, 11 March 2016
The actor pleads innocence in the Arms Act Case!
Bollywood star Salman Khan appeared before a Jodhpur court yesterday, to record his statement in the 17-year-old Arms Act case. Pleading his innocence, the actor today alleged that he has been framed by forest officials as he recorded his statement in a court in an Arms Act case against him in connection with poaching of protected black bucks at Kankani village in October, 1998. Later, the actor’s lawyer also told media that his client was falsely implicated. “I am innocent and have been framed by the forest officials,” Khan said before the chief judicial magistrate.
Referring to a statement signed by him in which a witness Uday Raghvan had stated that he had brought the arms from Mumbai following directions from Khan, the actor claimed that he had signed the statement under pressure from forest officials.
Salman got embroiled in the case while shooting for Sooraj Barjatya’s Hum Saath Saath Hain in 1998. The case under Arms Act was registered after the weapons, allegedly used by the Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor for hunting down two blackbucks, were found with expired licences. A separate case against poaching is still pending.
--IANS
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