Jewellery
designer
Farah
Ali
Khan,
who
came
under
attack
after
her
tweets
related
to
Bollywood
actor
Salman
Khan's
2002
hit-and-run
case
were
considered
demeaning
towards
the
homeless,
has
offered
an
"unconditional" apology.
Farah
Ali
shared
a
series
of
tweets
on
micro-blogging
website
Twitter
on
Friday
to
apologise.
She
wrote,
"I
realise
the
homeless
have
no
place
to
go
to
and
so
we
need
to
be
more
sympathetic
to
them...
My
concern
is
genuine
one,
bec
there
will
be
many
innocent
ppl
in
future
who
will
lose
their
lives
2drunk
drivers
for
sleeping
on
d
footpath...
And
while
drivers
will
serve
time
&
be
free
men
eventually,
the
victim
would
have
lost
his
life
nevr
coming
back
bec
d
system
is
apathetic
(sic)."
Farah's
tweet
continues,
"And
maybe
we
need
to
earmark
roads
where
the
homeless
can
sleep
peacefully
without
the
fear
of
being
run
over,
roads
that
are
bylanes...
Bec
just
by
turning
a
blind
eye
to
their
plight
we
are
allowing
more
innocent
lives
to
be
lost.
Change
doesn't
happen
overnight
but
maybe
we
can
collectively
come
up
with
solutions
to
make
sure
that
people
don't
die
senselessly
(sic)."
"For
each
life
is
precious,
be
it
anyone.
Lives
are
lives
and
it
is
our
duty
as
citizens
to
protect
another
life
collectively
as
a
society.
And
so,
I
would
like
to
offer
an
UNCONDITIONAL
apology
for
my
tweets
ref
the
homeless
sleeping
on
the
streets
(sic).," Farah
added.
Farah
Ali
Khan's
controversial
tweets
were
first
shared
after
Additional
Sessions
Judge
D.W.
Deshpande
on
Wednesday
sentenced
Salman
Khan
to
five
years
of
jail.
She
wrote,
"The
govt
should
be
responsible
for
housing
ppl.
If
no
1was
sleeping
on
d
road
in
any
other
country
Salman
wuld
not
have
driven
over
anybody...
It's
like
penalising
a
train
driver
because
someone
decided
to
cross
the
tracks
and
got
killed
in
the
bargain.
#salmankhancase."
Salman,
one
of
the
highest
paid
actors
in
Bollywood,
was
convicted
and
sentenced
to
five
years
in
jail
for
culpable
homicide
not
amounting
to
murder.
The
judge
held
Salman
guilty
of
rash
and
negligent
driving
when
he
was
at
the
wheel
of
the
Land
Cruiser
that
killed
the
victim
in
suburban
Bandra
in
September
2002.
However,
The
Bombay
High
Court
on
Friday
suspended
the
five-year
jail
sentence,
paving
the
way
for
him
to
apply
for
and
seek
regular
bail.
Accordingly,
Salman
will
not
be
taken
into
custody,
proving
a
major
relief
for
the
actor
who
was
granted
two
days'
interim
bail
after
his
sentencing
on
Wednesday.
IANS