Did you think I was going in forever?' Salman on poaching case

Salman Khan on Blackbuck poaching case: 'Did you think I was going in forever?'

Salman Khan arrives for Race 3 trailer launch - Yogen Shah

Salman Khan along with his entire team including Anil Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Daisy Shah, Saqib Saleem, Bobby Deol, director Remo D'Souza and producer Ramesh Taurani turned up for the trailer launch of much-awaited Race 3 trailer on Tuesday evening.

The superstar who is on bail after being convicted in his 20 year old Blackbuck poaching case also talked about being worried about the Jodhpur court's verdict.

On May 7th, a court in Jodhpur adjourned hearing till July 17 on Bollywood actor Salman Khan's plea challenging the trial court order sentencing him to a five-year jail term in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. Khan was released from the Jodhpur jail, where he spent two nights, on April 7 after then District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi here granted him bail in the case.While Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam were acquitted by the court in 1993 Blackbuck poaching case, Salman was convicted Under Section 9/51 of the Wildlife Protection Act.

Ahead of his Eid release, Race 3, several reports were doing the rounds as a lot of money is riding on the superstar who is still shooting for the film. At the trailer launch of Race 3, Salman Khan was asked about if he felt pressure at the time of the court proceedings. Before he could answer the question, the event's anchor intervened to say "no questions on the Jodhpur case and the Karnataka election will be entertained." But Salman Khan threw a question back at the reporter asking, " Did you think I was going in forever?"

When the said journalist said "No", Salman immeditely said: "Thank you, because I was worried.

Khan On Blackbuck Verdict: 'Did You Think I Was Going To Go In Forever?'

The Internet is not impressed with Salman Khan's reply regarding the blackbuck case, in which he was found guilty

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Salman Khan at the event to launch the trailer of Race 3.

New Delhi:

Highlights

1. Salman was found guilty of hunting while filming Hum Saath-Saath Hain
2. "I was not worried," said Salman Khan on the blackbuck verdict
3. Salman Khan will be next seen in Race 3

Salman Khan's blackbuck poaching case verdict may have given sleepless nights to the producers who've invested in his films but not the 52-year-old actor. At the event to launch the trailer of his new movie Race 3, Salman Khan's blackbuck verdict was invoked. As per a report in news agency IANS, the media coordinator tried to digress by saying that no questions on the blackbuck verdict and the Karnataka elections would be entertained but Salman Khan answered anyway. Salman reportedly asked the journalist: "Did you think I was going to go in forever?" And when a journalist replied in the negative, Salman Khan added: "Thank you, because I was not worried."

The Internet is not very impressed with Salman Khan's reply and lashed out on Twitter. "Oh yeah, in our country one can get away with anything," wrote one angry user. Another comment read: "We know the power of money... police and justice both are up for sale to the highest bidder."

Here are some angry tweets:

navbakshi @navbakshi

Replying to @htshowbiz @htTweets

No never...we are Indian...and we know the power of money... police and justice both are up for sale to the highest bidder

9:45 AM - 15 May 2018

Pruthvi Reddy @pruthvisunil

Replying to @TimesNow

Oh yeah!! In our Country one can get away with anything!!!

6:18 PM - 15 May 2018

Yasmeenhdewan @Zehnaseeb2

Replying to @pinkvilla

Eat sum humble pie Salman. Dsts quite arrogant response ,

6:31 AM - 15 May 2018

Salman Khan was found guilty of hunting blackbuck while filming Hum Saath Saath Hain in Rajasthan in 1998 and he was sentenced to five years in prison. His co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam were charged with inciting the actor to hunt but have been acquitted for lack of evidence. Salman spent two days in prison in Jodhpur from April 7 to April 9, when he was granted bail. Salman Khan has filed a petition for suspension of his jail term, the next hearing of which will be held on July 17.


Salman Khan's Race 3 releases on June 15. The Remo D'Souza-directed film also stars Jacqueline Fernandez, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor and Daisy Shah.