Salman Khan- Lawrence Bishnoi: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been threatened with death several times by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. Actually, Lawrence Bishnoi has opened a front against the actor regarding Salman Khan's alleged involvement in the killing of a black buck in 1998.
Black deer is considered sacred in the Bishnoi community. Although Salman has denied these allegations. Now in an interview, Lawrence's cousin has claimed that the actor had tried to suppress the matter by giving a 'blank cheque' years ago.
In fact, in a recent interview with NDTV, jailed Lawrence's cousin Ramesh Bishnoi spoke openly about the gangster's feud with Salman Khan. Ramesh claimed that when the black buck issue came up and the Bishnois condemned Salman, the actor offered them money as compensation. He said that Salman came to meet community leaders with a blank checkbook and asked them to fill whatever price they wanted to take to close the case. “If we were after money, we would have accepted it,” Ramesh said.
Let us tell you that Salman's father Salim Khan had alleged that Lawrence Bishnoi is targeting Salman for money. On this allegation of the actor's father, Ramesh Bishnoi said that this matter is not based on money but on ideology. Ramesh said, “Our blood was boiling at that time.” He said Lawrence owned 110 acres of land in India and was so rich that he needed any kind of extortion.
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The incident of blackbuck hunting took place in Jodhpur in 1998. During this time, Salman Khan had gone there for the film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'. Other stars of the film Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre and Neelam Kothari were also present with him. This case has been going on for 25 years and after being convicted, Salman is currently on bail. The Bishnoi community, which considers the blackbuck sacred, has repeatedly asked Salman to apologize for his actions.
In a recent interview with ABP, the actor's father Salim Khan said that there is no question of an apology as it would mean that Salman is admitting his crime.