Salman Khan summoned by court in black bug hunting case

Bollywood superstar, Salman Khan's Tiger Zinda Hai broke several Box Office Records and the actor's year ended on a high note. Salman's joy got limited time as he is being summoned to the court just few days after thanking everyone for thr success of the movie.

The star appeared before the Jodhpur court today in connection with the black bucks case. He was expected to be present for the final arguments in the case for which he is alleged to have poached the near extinct species in a village known as Kankani on October 2, 1998.

Witnesses Poonam Chand and Chhoga Ram's statements and the post mortem reports, were the basis of the prosecution counsel's description of the spot of the alleged poaching. During the submission of the arguments Saraswat reportedly played a video recording of the statements of the two witnesses that cited the "contradiction" in Poonam Chand's statements taken by the investigative officer and the one given by the witness.

"Videography of the statements of Poonam Chand clearly showed that the official noting the statements had been copying them from a paper lying on the table beside him," Saraswat told the media.

The incident dates back to the year when Salman was shooting with Sonali Bendre, Saif Ali Khan and Tabu for the film Hum Saath Saath Hain. Salman was convicted by a trial court, in 2006, and sentenced to one and five years respectively for allegedly poaching three black bucks in two individual instances. In January 2017, Salman along with his co-stars pleaded not guilty and in July last year, the Rajasthan High Court acquitted the actor in both the cases.