Bollywood
actor
Salman
Khan
on
Thursday
insisted
that
he
had
been
wrongly
accused
of
having
illegal
weapons
and
killing
two
blackbucks
here
in
1998.
"Main
nirdosh
hoon.
Mujhe
jhootha
fasaya
gaya
hai.
(I
am
not
guilty.
I
have
been
falsely
implicated)," the
actor
told
Chief
Judicial
Magistrate
Dalpat
Singh
Rajpurohit.
See
pics
of
actor
in
Jodhpur
court...
Asked
about
the
allegations
by
the
prosecution,
Salman
pleaded
that
he
was
"not
guilty".
Salman
has
been
accused
of
using
illegal
arms
to
kill
the
protected
animals
and
carrying
weapons
with
expired
licence.
He
has
been
charged
with
violating
the
Arms
Act.
Thursday
was
the
third
time
Salman
came
to
the
Jodhpur
court
in
connection
with
the
case.
Khan's
counsel
Hastimal
Sarswat
told
IANS:
"The
court
has
fixed
April
4
as
the
next
date
of
hearing."
He
said
witnesses
will
be
produced
in
Salman's
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During
the
hearing,
Salman
replied
questions
regarding
his
name,
father's
name,
his
age
and
residential
address.
Asked
about
his
caste,
the
actor
was
silent
for
a
while
before
replying
that
he
was
an
Indian.
Salman's
sister
Alvira
was
present
in
the
court,
where
the
actor
spent
less
than
half
an
hour.
Salman
and
a
few
Bollywood
actors
have
been
accused
of
poaching
the
blackbucks
on
the
night
of
October
1-2,
1998
when
he
was
here
to
shoot
the
Hindi
movie
"Hum
Saath
Saath
Hain".
Two
blackbucks,
a
protected
animal
under
the
Wildlife
Protection
Act,
were
killed
on
the
outskirts
of
Kankani
village
near
Jodhpur.
The
killings
triggered
outrage.
The
court
asked
several
questions
regarding
the
allegations
made
by
the
prosecution's
witnesses.
Salman
denied
all
the
charges.
Khan
said
he
was
neither
with
Shivcharan
Bohra,
the
then
forest
officer,
nor
did
he
sign
any
document.
Asked
about
the
statement
of
Uday
Raghavan,
who
allegedly
brought
weapons
for
Salman
from
the
actor's
Mumbai
residence,
Khan
said
although
the
letter
authorizing
Raghavan
to
collect
the
weapons
bears
his
signature,
he
was
forced
to
sign
it.
Chief
Judicial
Magistrate
Rajpurohit
had
on
March
3
asked
Salman
to
appear
before
the
court
to
record
his
statement
on
Thursday.
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