Bollywood star, Salman Khan gets five years in jail for poaching
No Case Matched!By Rita Chioma,
An Indian court has sentenced Bollywood superstar, Salman Khan to five years in jail for poaching a rare antelope back in 1998.
The court in Jodhpur also fined him 10,000 rupees for the crime. He has since been taken to jail.
Khan killed the two blackbucks, a protected species, in the western state of Rajasthan while shooting a film.
Four other actors who starred with him in the movie were also charged with the offence have been acquitted.
However, Khan, 52, can appeal against the verdict at a higher court.
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