Pakistan’s foreign minister has suggested that a Bollywood star who was sentenced to five years in prison for poaching a protected species of Indian antelope, received the lengthy punishment because he was Muslim. Salman Khan, one of the highest paid actors in the world, was convicted of the 1998 shooting two rare blackbuck deer from his car window at a wildlife preserve near the city of Jodhpur, in the country’s north west. The animals are protected by India’s wildlife laws. Public prosecutors alleged that the 52-year-old and four other actors in the car with him fled the scene, leaving the carcasses behind. Read more Bollywood actor Salman Khan jailed for killing two endangered deer Pakistan’s foreign minister, Khawaja Asif, claimed that the actor who is known for his bad boy image, had received the long sentence because he was Muslim. “Salman Khan has been sentenced because he’s a minority,” he told Pakistani news channel Geo TV. “To sentence him in a case that is 20 years old goes on to show that lives of those who are Muslims, ‘untouchables’ or Christians are not valued in India”. He added: “Maybe if he belonged to the religion of the ruling party of India he would not have been given such a harsh sentence and the court might have been lenient with him”. Khan identifies… Read full this story
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