'I Am Not Against Salman Khan': Renuka Shahane

Thursday, 28 July 2016
Sallu’s former co-star opens up
Renuka Shahane’s Facebookpost on Salman Khan’s acquittalin the blackbuck case obviously didn’t go down well with Salman’s fans and the actress has been facing trolls ever since. Shahane, who played Salman’s bhabhi in ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’, has now clarified that she is not against Salman, and was just raising questions about the judicial system. She tells us, “I know Salman’s fans are really hurt and I am being tagged as anti-Salman, but people are reacting without even reading the complete post or understanding what I am trying to say. I am not against Salman and neither is that post. I have always shared a very cordial relationship with him.”
She adds, “The questions in my post have been in my mind for long. It is about our judicial system. Cases itne lambe chalte hi kyon hain? Why isn’t there a time frame within which cases should end? This case could have gone on for 25 years and for so many years, everyone involved has a mental pressure.”
My questions were for all cases that drag for years. Why can’t we have opinions? Every time someone speaks up to express something relevant, people say that it is for publicity

After Salman’s acquittal in the poaching case, Shahane put up a Facebook post, an excerpt from which says, “In 1998 a Black Buck & 2 Chinkaras (that are endangered species & therefore cannot be killed) were allegedly killed on a hunting trip that included Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Amrita Singh, Tabu & Sonali Bendre… Out of all only Salman was charged… No charges were framed against the others. The case carried on & on & on as our cases do for two main reasons 1) Having big bucks (sometimes even black bucks….different from the Black Buck who passed) or 2) Not having big bucks. Salman of course falls in the 1st category of big bucks… So now after 18 years he has been acquitted of charges in both cases.”