The Bishnoi community burnt in effigy Bollywood actor Salman Khan and his father and film director Salim Khan at Jodhpur on Friday, expressing resentment against the latter's statement that his son was "innocent" in the blackbuck poaching case.
Although the actor has been acquitted in the case, the Bishnoi community wants him to apologise for poaching blackbuck. Recently, Salim Khan said that his son had not hunted the blackbuck. Several people from the community participated in the protest staged in Jodhpur.
They collected at various places on the Bishnoi Dharma Sthapana Diwas. The community members declared, if Salman Khan hasn't hunted blackbuck then why lawyers of Delhi, Mumbai and Jodhpur came here to fight his case? They protested at Salman Khan and threatened that if the actor doesn't apologize for his actions, Sanatan Hindu Samaj would initiate a movement.
The Bishnoi community said that Salman Khan's father was saying that his son did not hunt the blackbuck, then why did he came here? "We are Bishnois, we don't defame anyone just like that. When the case was registered 26 years ago, many dignitaries including then MLA of the Bishnoi community were present. Salim Khan cannot mislead people by giving false statements," they said.
"The entire community was hurt by Salim Khan's statement. We will make all-out efforts to ensure justice was delivered in the Blackbuck case. We will also protest by taking to the streets," they said.
People of the community also said that Lawrence Bishnoi belongs to their community and follows all 29 rules set by the community. Salman has recently received threats from gangster Lawrence Bishnoi after which his security was stepped up.
The Mumbai Police stated that Lawrence Bishnoi's brother, Anmol Bishnoi, was in contact with shooters who murdered NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique outside his son's office on October 12. The NCP leader aged 66 years was shot dead by three men when he was bursting crackers on the occasion of Dussehra.
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