Why Is Lawrence Bishnoi Targetting Salman Khan? Did Vivek Oberoi Once Praise The Bishnoi Community?
After the gunfire incident, know why Lawrence Bishnoi is after Salman Khan. Did you know Vivek Oberoi once took a dig at Khan and praised the Bishnoi community.
It was in 2018, that Lawrence Bishnoi, the gangster who is one of the main conspirators in the murder of Sidhu Moose Wala, had openly declared he would kill Salman Khan.
While talking to India Today outside a court, Lawrence Bishnoi said, "Hum karenge toh pata chal hi jayega. Salman Khan ko Jodhpur mein hi maarenge, pata chal jayega inko. Abhi toh maine kuch kiya hi nahi hai, bina matlab ke involve kar rahe hain (Everyone will know once I take action. We will kill Salman Khan here, in Jodhpur. I haven¡¯t done anything yet, and they¡¯re involving me for no reason)."
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Why is Lawrence Bishnoi targetting Salman Khan?
A few days ago, gunshots were fired at Salman Khan's home. The security since then has been beefed up and two people identified as Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal have been arrested in the case. This comes after Lawrence Bishnoi's brother Anmol Bishnoi claimed responsibility of the gunfire incident. This has led to everyone wondering why is Lawrence Bishnoi targetting Salman Khan. Well, the incident has links to the blackbuck hunting case of 1998 whose verdict is still due. Salman Khan was accused of hunting down Chinkaras at Bawad in Mathania near Jodhpur during the shooting of Hum Saath Saath Hain. Blackbucks, for the unversed, are considered holy by the Bishnoi community. The incident had offended the Bishnoi community.
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Lawrence Bishnoi was so offended by this that he bought Rs 4 Lakh rifle to kill Salman Khan over blackbuck hunting in 2018. In 2023, after firing gunshots at Gippy Grewal's home, Lawrence Bishnoi had also sent a warning to Salman Khan. Salman Khan had also taken a gun license for self-protection amid fear of attack from Bishnoi.
Also Read: 'Won't Spare Anyone', After Salman Khan, His Lawyer Gets Death Threat From Lawrence Bishnoi
Did Vivek Oberoi Once Praise The Bishnoi Community?
After gunshots were fired at Salman Khan's home, an old video of Vivek Oberoi taking a dig at Salman Khan and praising the Bishnoi community has gone viral on social media yet again.
In the video, he says, "Yeh duniya mein ek hi samaj hai, Bishnoi samaj, jaha pe agar hiran maar jaye toh uske baache ko, Bishnoi... humare maataye apni chati se lagakar, apne baache ki tarah dhood pilate hain (In this world, there is only one community, the Bishnoi community, where if a deer dies, its kids (a fawn) is looked after and fed by the mothers of the community like their own children.)".
Reacting to the video, a person commented, "Umm I¡¯m from the community and we DO NOT do this. ? Literally nobody gives a shit about Salman Khan in our families and extended families, everyone¡¯s super chill and also NO ONE has ever breast fed an animal that I know of. (Ek picture viral hui thi to generalise kar diya) Definitely there¡¯s a lot of respect for nature and how we live is more sustainable than others but ye overacting koi nahi karta."
"Well done. The criminal deserves it. Vivek is a far more talented actor anyways," said another user.
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