An Indian court has acquitted Bollywood star Salman Khan in an 18-year-old case involving the poaching of an endangered gazelle species in the state of Rajasthan, overturning earlier verdicts that had sentenced him to prison.
Khan was accused of hunting chinkaras (Indian gazelles) in two separate cases in 1998, while shooting for his film Hum Saath Saath Hain. His co-stars Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Bendre were also accused in the caseChinkaras are a protected species in India and hunting them is a punishable offence. Read more…
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