‘Jitni
umar
likhi
hai,
utni
likhi
hai.
Bas
yahin
hai.’
Photograph:
Panna
Bandekar
Salman
Khan
finally
broke
his
silence
on
the
death
threats
that
he
received
from
the
Lawrence
Bishnoi
gang.
While
promoting
his
latest
film
Sikandar,
the
actor
told
NDTV,
‘Bhagwan,
Allah
sab
unpar
hai.
Jitni
umar
likhi
hai,
utni
likhi
hai.
Bas
yahin
hai.’
(Bhagwan,
Allah
will
decide
how
long
I
will
live.
As
long
as
they
want
me
to
live,
I
will
live.
That
is
it.)
‘It’s
all
up
to
God,
Allah.
What
is
written
is
written.’
In
April
2024,
Salman
had
come
under
attack
from
the
Lawrence
Bishnoi
gang.
Two
men
fired
multiple
shots
outside
Salman’s
home
Galaxy
Apartment
in
Bandra,
north
west,
Mumbai.
While
shooting
the
film
Hum
Saath
Saath
Hai
in
September
1998,
Salman
and
his
co-stars
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Tabu,
Sonali
Bendre
and
Neelam
went
blackbuck
hunting
in
Rajasthan.
While
the
other
actors
were
acquitted
by
the
courts,
Salman
was
convicted
under
Section
51
of
the
Wildlife
(Protection)
Act
and
was
sentenced
to
a
five-year
jail
term
in
2018.
He
is
currently
out
on
bail.
The
Bishnoi
community
holds
blackbucks
sacred.
In
October
2024,
Nationalist
Congress
Party
leader
Baba
Siddique
was
killed
by
shooters
allegedly
hired
by
the
Bishnoi
gang
for
his
close
association
with
Salman.
At
that
point,
the
gang
had
warned
Salman
that
he
would
be
next.
Since
then,
his
security
has
been
increased
by
the
Maharashtra
government
‘Sometimes,’
Salman
told
a
recent
media
interaction,
‘having
to
move
around
with
so
many
people
becomes
a
problem.’
