Veteran writer Salim Khan has clarified that his son, actor Salman Khan will not render any apology as demanded by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. In an interview with ABP Live, the 88-year-old revealed that Salman had told him that he hadn’t killed the blackbuck and that he was not even in the car when the incident took place.

Salim said that apologising for something he hasn’t done doesn’t make sense: “They are asking him to apologise. Kyun maange maafi? Has he done anything wrong? Maafi maangna, ye accept karna hai ki ‘maine maara hai’. Salman ne kabhi kisi jaanwar ko nahi maara. Humne kabhi kisi coackroach ko bhi nahi maara.”

After NCP leader Baba Siddique’s assassination on October 12, fresh threats were made against Salman, allegedly by members of the Bishnoi gang, and they demanded Rs. 5 crore. The matter is under investigation.