Salman Khan sentenced to 5 years in jail: Shocking tweets by celebrities create new controversy
Mumbai, May 6: Salman Khan has been sentenced to prison for five years. A Mumbai court on Wednesday, May 6 convicted the Bollywood superstar in 2002 hit-and-run case.
Salman was one among the most popular actors on Bollywood. The entire film industry is saddened and disappointed with the court verdict. Celebrities across the country expressed their solidarity with Salman.
However, a few celebrities like singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya and jewellery designer Farah Khan crossed all limits while showing their support to the actor.
Both celebrities criticised the victims who were crushed under Salman's SUV on Sept 28, 2002. Instead of criticising the actor, the celebrities blamed the person who had slept on the footpath.
Abhijeet and Farah's tweets created a fresh controversy on micro-blogging site Twitter where people slammed the two celebrities.
Kutta
rd
pe
soyega
kutte
ki
maut
marega,
roads
garib
ke
baap
ki
nahi
hai
I
ws
homles
an
year
nvr
slept
on
rd
@BeingSalmanKhan
@sonakshisinha
—
abhijeet
(@abhijeetsinger)
May
6,
2015
Suicide
is
crime
so
is
sleeping
on
footpath..80%
homeles
film
ppl
strugld
achievd
stardom
but
never
slept
on
footpath
@BeingSalmanKhan
—
abhijeet
(@abhijeetsinger)
May
6,
2015
Mumbai
ke
road
Aur
footpath
pe
sone
ka
shauk
hai
??
Y
not
at
your
village
no
vehicles
to
kill
u..
Support
@BeingSalmanKhan
@sonakshisinha
—
abhijeet
(@abhijeetsinger)
May
6,
2015
Salman
is
responsible
for
the
lively
hood
of
many
people
at
large
and
the
judgement
is
too
harsh.
I
hope
he
gets
some
reprive
in
appeal.
—
Farah
Khan
(@FarahKhanAli)
May
6,
2015
I
do
feel
sorry
for
the
victim
and
his
family
and
did
not
say
that
there
should
be
no
punishment.
However
I
feel
it
should
not
be
maximum.
—
Farah
Khan
(@FarahKhanAli)
May
6,
2015
The
govt
should
be
responsible
for
housing
ppl.If
no
1was
sleeping
on
d
road
in
any
other
country
Salman
wuld
not
have
driven
over
anybody.
—
Farah
Khan
(@FarahKhanAli)
May
6,
2015
Mr.
abhijeet
Bhattacharya
u
need
to
go
to
school
again
to
learn
how
to
think.
A
person
having
dog's
thought
can
make
such
statement.
—
ANUJ
KUMAR
SINHA
(@anujksinha)
May
6,
2015
#AbhijeetBhattacharya
footpath
is
also
not
for
driving
uh
idiot
—
Krishna
Gattani
(@krishna_gattani)
May
6,
2015
#abhijeetbhattacharya
Poor
pl
dnt
sleep
on
ftpath
outta
their
interest.And
FYKI
ftpth
isnt
a
place
meant
for
driving
either.Disgusting
u
r!
—
Vedika
Bhide
(@vedikabhide)
May
6,
2015
A
street
dog
have
that
much
sense
of
humor
what
@abhijeetsinger
doesn't....
http://t.co/2wYLVUtJZD
—
Dyutiman
Biswas
(@dyutiman_advt)
May
6,
2015
Wot
kind
of
person
ur
#abhijeetbhattacharya
it
means
u
feel
that
we
common
ppl
r
stray
dogs.Bt
remmber
common
ppl
can
achieve
a
gr8
success…
—
Sanket
N
Ankushrao
(@mynameis_Sanky)
May
6,
2015
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