The actor is being slammed left, right, centre for his tweets on the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict
Salman Khan, who has already been battling a lot of legal trouble for a very long time now, seems to have gotten himself in yet another one. This time not for doing something against the law, but for speaking out against the law. The actor took to Twitter this morning to speak up in defence of the 1993 Mumbai blasts accused, Yakub Memon who will be executed in July 30. The actor put out a series of tweets talking about Yakub’s innocence and urging that killing him is killing humanity. This hasn’t gone down too well with the public and the political parties and the actor is now being slammed for making such remarks.
The Bhartiya Janta Party, collectively, feels that Salman is way out of line here and wants Khan to retract his comments on the issue. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, even went on to say, “Is he (Salman Khan) questioning the court? Is he saying the court is wrong?”
Public prosecutor in the 1993 bomb blasts case Ujjwal Nikam said to a leading daily, “His statement directly amount to contempt to court. The impression created amongst his followers is that Yakub is innocent. What proof does Salman Khan have?”
Nikam even went on to state that Salman might have some knowledge about Tiger Memon’s whereabouts. “In the first set of tweets, he appealed Pakistan to hand over Tiger. While I welcome his appeal, this also means that he is aware of his location. The country is known for its belief on judiciary and Khan’s statement has questioned it.”
It’s not just the public, even Salman’s father Salim Khan does not support his views and termed them ridiculous.