Salman arrested at Jodhpur airport

Jodhpur, Aug 25: Bollywood star Salman Khan arrived at the Jodhpur airport and was quickly arrested by the police. The actor is due to appear before a court after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him following the dismissal of his appeal against a five year jail term given to him for poaching the endangered chinkara.

Earlier, Salman left his home in Mumbai accompanied by his lawyers and close relatives in suburban Bandra to catch a flight for Jodhpur at 1130 hours (local time).

Speaking to reporters before getting into his SUV outside his residence, Salman said, "A warrant has been apparently issued and as per advice from my lawyers, I am going to Jodhpur to surrender."

"Nobody has told me to get there but I am going there as a responsible citizen who abides by the law," he added. A sessions court in Jodhpur on Friday had upheld a lower court's judgement of April 2006 sentencing Salman to prison in the 1998 poaching case.

The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, which had convicted Salman last year, issued the non-bailable warrant against him on Friday afternoon and sent it to police for execution.

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