Salman Khan vs Bishnois: How A 1998 Poaching Case Became A Gangster's Calling Card

"Salman Khan must apologise," says a grainy voice in an audio recording of gangster Anil Pandit as he takes responsibility for the shooting at actor Tiger Shroff. The shootout outside Pushpa Nursery Park in Mumbai's posh Juhu area on Sunday has grabbed national headlines and brought the long-running feud between actor Salman Khan and gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's gang back into focus, over the alleged poaching of blackbucks and chinkaras in Rajasthan's Jodhpur in 1998 during the shooting of the film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'. In 1998, Salman Khan was in Jodhpur for three weeks, during the months of September and October. The actor was accused of going on a hunt in the rural outskirts of Jodhpur. On the night of September 26 and 27, it is alleged that he hunted and killed two chinkaras in Bhavad village. The case went to the trial court, but Salman was acquitted by the Rajasthan High Court.