Death Sentence: Bollywood actor Salman Khan ignites Yakub Memon controversy

Published: Sunday, July 26, 2015, 10:11 [IST]

Mumbai, July 26: Days before Yakub Memon's capital punishment, Bollywood actor Salman Khan ignited the controversy. Speaking about Yakub Memon's death sentence, the actor surprised everyone.

In a series of tweets, Salman Khan urged Indian government to hang Tiger Memon and not his brother Yakub.

Salman's tweets surfaced when the Supreme Court is all set to hear Yakub Memon's plea challenging the death warrant issued against him.

Here are a few tweets by Salman Khan on Yakub Memon:

Hang tiger .
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Brother is being hanged for tiger. Aarrre Whr is tiger?
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Tiger ki hi to kami hai India mein. Tiger ko Lao. Hum toh upne family par mar jaaaeen. Tiger tumhaara bhai kuch Dino mein tumhare liyeh
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Phasisi k phande pe chardne walla hai . Koi statement. Koi address. Kuch toh bolo k tum teh. Wah bhai ho toh aisa. Matlab. Ya khoob menan.
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Kaun sa tiger kaisa tiger kidhar hai tiger. Samaj raha hai tiger. Kay soch k nam diya tha aur kya maina nikal liya uus ka.
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

1 innocent man killed is killing the humanity
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Yaqub menon pe pad k coment karna
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Hut
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Get tiger
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Kidhar chupa hai tiger? Hey koi tiger nahi hai hai hai billi aur hum ek billi ko nahi pakad sakteh.
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Sharif Saab ek darkhaust hai k agar yeh aap k mulkh mein hai toh plz iktila kar deejiyeh.
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

been wanting to tweet Tis fr 3 days n was afraid to do so but it involves a man's n family. Don't hang brother hang tha lomdi who ran away
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

N no 1 ever Address him as tiger ever . Does not deserve that at all. Hang that.............. fill in th blanks
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 25, 2015

Yakub, the convict of 1993 Bombay blasts case, urged the court for the stay of his execution set for July 30.

Meanwhile, Additional Director General (ADG) of Police (prisons) Meera Borwankar visited the Central Prison in Nagpur to supervise the ongoing preparations for the scheduled hanging of Yakub.

OneIndia News

Published On July 26, 2015