Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Salman Khan sentenced to 5 years for killing rare gazelle

From The Hindu: Bollywood actor Salman Khan was sentenced to 5 years of prison by a court in Jodhpur for killing a chinkara, a protected species of gazelle. Khan killed the chinkara near Mathania, Rajasthan on September 28, 1998, while on a hunting trip with fellow actors Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu, and Sonali Bendre.

Chinkara, Indian Gazelle Gir forest, Gujarat Photographed by S. Shankar
Chinkara, Indian Gazelle Gir forest, Gujarat Photographed by S. Shankar

Khan was sentenced in February 2006 to a one-year jail term for poaching black bucks, another protected species of gazelle.

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