Salman Khan’s defence lawyer in the black buck (chinkara) poaching case says that an “international gangster” has threatened him for getting the Sultan actor acquitted in the case.
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Salman Khan was recently acquitted of all charges under the Arms Act on a case filed against him in Jodhpur in 1998. The actor had been accused of poaching black bucks (chinkara), an endangered species, during the shoot of his movie Hum Saath Saath Hain. HM Saraswat, Khan’s lawyer, said he received a threatening phone call about the verdict. The caller allegedly said, “he was not happy with it.”
The caller further warned Saraswat that there would be “dire consequences and no one could save him.” The lawyer filed a complaint with the police and was subsequently provided with security.
“We have provided him the armed policeman for his security and have started investigating the matter,” police commissioner Ashok Rathore said.
The lawyer also claimed that the same caller had called Salman Khan and demanded “protection money” from the actor. Khan has reportedly denied this.