Salman Khan’s Tweets Drag Him Into A New Controversy
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Monday, 27th July 2015, 1:25 PM IST Salman Khan is one of those Bollywood celebs who have always been surrounded by controversies. The superstar’s tweets about Yakub Memon being innocent has dragged him into a new controversy. However, later, he retracted his tweets and apologized. Salman in his several tweets had posted, “Get tiger (Tiger Memon), hang him. Parade him not his brother. Been wanting to tweet this for 3 days and was afraid to do so but it involves a man's and his family. Don't hang brother hang the lomdi (fox) who ran away. One innocent man killed is killing the humanity. We can die for our family. Tiger, your brother will be hanged for you in some days. Say something, make a statement or address that it was you. What kind of brother are you? Where are you hiding Tiger? Sharif Saab, I would request you to let us know about Tiger, if you have any information about him." These tweets of the superstar invited backlash from some political parties. Reportedly, there was a protest outside his house and extra police security was organized. However, later Salman retracted his tweets and also apologized. The superstar in his several tweets, wrote, “I had tweeted that Tiger Memon should hang for his crimes and I stand by it. What i also said is that Yakub Memon should not hang for him. I have not said or implied that Yakub Memon is innocent. I have complete faith in the judicial system of our country. Many lives were lost in the Mumbai blasts. And I have repeatedly said the loss of one innocent life is equal to the loss of all humanity. My dad called & said I should retract my tweets as they have the potential to create misunderstanding. I here by retract them. I would like to unconditionally apologise for any misunderstanding I may have created unintentionally. I also strongly condemn those who are claiming my tweets are anti religious. I have always said I respect all faiths and I always will.” Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |