Salman Khan denied allegations in Blackbuck poaching case
Jodhpur: Salman Khan has has denied all the allegations that he neither was carrying illegal arms nor did he poach blackbucks in 1998 near jodhpur. court on Wednesday recorded his statement in the case.
The court has fixed on March 10 as its next hearing date.
On the night of Oct 1-2, 1998, during the shooting of the Hindi movie “Hum Saath Saath Hain”, two blackbucks, a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, were allegedly killed on the outskirts of Kankani village near Jodhpur.
A complaint was filed against Salman Khan on charges of being involved in hunting protected blackbucks.
The actor was summoned by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Chandra Kala Jain on Jan 15 to record his statement on Wednesday as an accused in this case.
His statement could not be recorded till lunch as his lawyers filed an application in the court, requesting that his statement should not be recorded and the different cases registered against him be clubbed together.
“In the previous hearing on January 15, the court asked Salman Khan to appear before it Wednesday. He complied with the court order and arrived here,” Hastimal Saraswat said.
“We had requested the court to club together the different cases registered against the actor. However, the court disallowed our application and recorded the statement of Salman Khan,” Saraswat said.
