Salman khan's dad comments

The whole Khan's family was depressed about Sallu's imprisonment . A strange sens of silence was prevailing there at Salman Khan's Galaxy Apartments home in Bandra, six hours after his departure for Jodhpur, was somehow far more relaxed than it had been for the past 30 hours.Father Salim Khan and his wife, Helen, had just sat down for a late lunch in the main hall. Brother Arbaaz and his wife, Malaika, shared a conversation with a group of friends on a nearby sofa. A big-screen plasma TV placed directly opposite them was flashing minute-by-minute updates about Salman's imprisonment in Jodhpur.

Experts were at hand to handle the legal tangle. But Salim was overpowered by, what he perceived was, the media's "bedevilling" of his son. "All these accusations about Salman playing hide-and-seek with the law, or showing arrogance and attitude, are way off the mark. He was not required to be present on the day of the judgment and so he stayed home. His lawyers believed they could earn him a week's reprieve. When that did not happen, Salman flew out to Jodhpur," he explained.

Dressed in white shirt and jeans, wearing earrings remarkably similar to his son's, Salim was every inch the supportive father. "People love to say every citizen of India is equal before the law. I wish that were true. Do you know that, in the 4,000 road accidents that occur each day, all the accused are let off on a bail amount of Rs 950? Why was then Section 304(A), the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, slapped on Salman?" he said.

He recalled how a black buck confiscated from his own farmhouse in Panvel died as it was being transported by the forest department immediately after news of the Jodhpur hunt broke. The Khans' Man Friday, Arshad, even alleged that forest officials in Jodhpur — who consumed the meat of the black buck (allegedly hunted down by Salman) — went on to berate the actor because he was hunting for sport.

But the family is thankful for the support of the film industry. Shah Rukh Khan, who lives down the lane in Band Stand, dropped by late Friday night. And, some hours back, Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh made a visit.

But Salim expressed a tinge of regret at the comparisons being made between Sanjay Dutt and Salman. "Sanju and Salman have a different family backgrounds and their cases are different. The only similarity was Salman also had long hair when Sanju wore his hair long many years ago," he smiled.

Mumbai: The mood at Salman Khan's Galaxy Apartments home in Bandra, six hours after his departure for Jodhpur, was somehow far more relaxed than it had been for the past 30 hours.

Father Salim Khan and his wife, Helen, had just sat down for a late lunch in the main hall. Brother Arbaaz and his wife, Malaika, shared a conversation with a group of friends on a nearby sofa. A big-screen plasma TV placed directly opposite them was flashing minute-by-minute updates about Salman's imprisonment in Jodhpur.

Experts were at hand to handle the legal tangle. But Salim was overpowered by, what he perceived was, the media's "bedevilling" of his son. "All these accusations about Salman playing hide-and-seek with the law, or showing arrogance and attitude, are way off the mark. He was not required to be present on the day of the judgment and so he stayed home. His lawyers believed they could earn him a week's reprieve. When that did not happen, Salman flew out to Jodhpur," he explained.

Dressed in white shirt and jeans, wearing earrings remarkably similar to his son's, Salim was every inch the supportive father. "People love to say every citizen of India is equal before the law. I wish that were true. Do you know that, in the 4,000 road accidents that occur each day, all the accused are let off on a bail amount of Rs 950? Why was then Section 304(A), the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, slapped on Salman?" he said.

He recalled how a black buck confiscated from his own farmhouse in Panvel died as it was being transported by the forest department immediately after news of the Jodhpur hunt broke. The Khans' Man Friday, Arshad, even alleged that forest officials in Jodhpur — who consumed the meat of the black buck (allegedly hunted down by Salman) — went on to berate the actor because he was hunting for sport.

But the family is thankful for the support of the film industry. Shah Rukh Khan, who lives down the lane in Band Stand, dropped by late Friday night. And, some hours back, Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh made a visit.
But Salim expressed a tinge of regret at the comparisons being made between Sanjay Dutt and Salman. "Sanju and Salman have a different family backgrounds and their cases are different. The only similarity was Salman also had long hair when Sanju wore his hair long many years ago," he smiled.