Blackbuck Died Of Natural Causes - Salman Khan

In Jodhpur Court Salman Khan claimed that Blackbuck died of natural causes.

On Friday, Bollywood Actor Salman Khan recorded his statement in a Jodhpur court regarding the blackbuck poaching case and said that the blackbuck had a natural death.

"Only the first forensic report of Dr Nepalia saying that the animal died of "natural causes" was true and the rest of the evidence is false," Actor said.

The actor was asked 60-odd questions by the Jodhpur magistrate to most of which he said "galat" means False.

The chief magistrate of Jodhpur, Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit asked Salman, " You were seen by two people who said they saw you shoot the blackbuck". His said, "galat".

The other questions were about the truthfulness of whether his gun was without a licence.

The court said that the jeep was found with blood stains and hair of the blackbucks to which Salman replied "false". Court also asked "You went shooting at night?". To which Actor replied "False".

The court also recorded the statement of Saif Ali Khan.

Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre and a few other Bollywood stars were accused of poaching blackbucks on the night of October 1, 1998 during the shooting of Hindi movie "Hum Saath Saath Hain".

The actor was also accused of carrying and using illegal arms. A case under the Arms Act was registered against him.

Earlier on January 18, Salman Khan was acquitted of all charges by the Jodhpur court in the Arms Act case in the alleged poaching of blackbucks.

The court, in its 102-page order, did not find him accused under Sections 3/25 and 3/27 of the Arms Act.

Next date of hearing in Jodhpur court will be held on February 15.