Actor Salman Khan on Friday pleaded innocence in the 18-year-old Blackbuck poaching case, claiming before a court here that he had been "framed". While recording his statement in front of the Magistrate in Jodhpur he said that the Blackbuck died under natural circumstances.
“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,” said the actor, according to media reports.
While recording his statement before Chief Judicial Magistrate Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit, he was asked 65 questions.
Salman told the court that he never went for poaching due to security reasons during the shooting of his film.
The actor said he would provide evidence to back his innocence on the next date of hearing. The court listed February 15 as the next date.
Salman appeared in the court along with Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam and Tabu, the other accused co-stars in the case at 11.30 am.
His counsel HM Sarswat said, “Khan has not committed any crime. After the film shooting, he used to remain in the hotel. He has been framed in the case and we would produce the evidence in favour of his innocence on the next date."