And the blackbuck stops in Jodhpur

As Salman Khan’s lawyers ready his legal defence in the Mumbai hit-and-run case, another scandal from the star’s troubled past has...

As Salman Khan’s lawyers ready his legal defence in the Mumbai hit-and-run case, another scandal from the star’s troubled past has resurfaced: the September-October 1998 blackbuck and cinkara shooting cases in Jodhpur. On October 1, the key eyewitness in the cinkara case, Harsh Dulani, is scheduled to be cross-examinated by the Jodhpur Sessions Court.

Dulani is the driver of the Maruti Gypsy that reportedly transported the two slain cinkaras that were hunted by Khan to his hotel. According to Dulani’s statement, Khan drove the vehicle after the hunt while he sat in the rear.

The cinkara case is one of four filed in Jodhpur against the actor, who was shooting here for Hum Saath Saath Hain when the scandal broke out. Two police cases charge Khan with shooting two cinkara deer. Another case pertains to violation of the Arms Act; the fourth names Khan as the main accused in the shooting of two blackbucks. If convicted, Khan could face anything between three and six years imprisonment under the Indian Wildlife Act.

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One of the key prosecution witnesses in the blackbuck case—25-year-old spot boy Dinesh Gawra—has been absconding ever since the incident. And several of the witnesses have either altered their initial police statements or turned hostile.

Even Dulani altered his statement to exonerate everyone in the case except Khan. His statements copiously details Khan’s hunt. He even mentions on one occasion that Khan drove so fast that the wires of the Gypsy got burnt.

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