Salman Khan’s controversial tweets on Yakub Menon

At 1:52AM on Saturday morning, when the news was out that his latest release Bajrangi Bhaijaan had recorded historic collections at the box office, Salman Khan took to Twitter to talk about 1993 Mumbai bomb blast convict Yakub Menon.

About Yakub Menon from Wikipedia

“Yakub Abdul Razak Memon is an Indian terrorist and chartered accountant, who was convicted over his involvement in the 1993 Bombay bombings by Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court on 27 July 2007. Yakub Memon is the brother of one of the prime suspects in the bombings, Tiger Memon. Following a series of appeals, the Supreme Court of India rejected his final appeal on 21 July 2015. He is currently scheduled to be executed by hanging on 30 July 2015.”

Salman Khan tweets in support of Yakub Menon:

  • “Hang tiger”
  • “Brother is being hanged for tiger. Aarrre Whr is tiger?”
  • “Tiger ki hi to kami hai India mein. Tiger ko Lao. Hum toh upne family par mar jaaaeen. Tiger tumhaara bhai kuch Dino mein tumhare liyeh”
  • “Phasisi k phande pe chardne walla hai . Koi statement. Koi address. Kuch toh bolo k tum teh. Wah bhai ho toh aisa. Matlab. Ya khoob menan.”
  • “Kaun sa tiger kaisa tiger kidhar hai tiger. Samaj raha hai tiger. Kay soch k nam diya tha aur kya maina nikal liya uus ka.”
  • “1 innocent man killed is killing the humanity”
  • “Yaqub menon pe pad k coment karna”
  • “Hut”
  • “Get tiger”
  • “Get tiger hang him. Parade him not his brother”
  • “Kidhar chupa hai tiger? Hey koi tiger nahi hai hai hai billi aur hum ek billi ko nahi pakad sakteh.”
  • “Sharif Saab (Pakistan Prime Minister) ek darkhaust hai k agar yeh aap k mulkh mein hai toh plz iktila kar deejiyeh.”
  • “been wanting to tweet Tis fr 3 days n was afraid to do so but it involves a man’s n family. Don’t hang brother hang tha lomdi who ran away”
  • “N no 1 ever Address him as tiger ever . Does not deserve that at all. Hang that………….. fill in the blanks”

Salman’s tweets were immediately criticised on Twitter. Politicians too said he should retract his statement as it is against the Supreme Court’s decision.

The first reaction to Salman’s tweet came from his father Salim Khan, who called it meaningless “My son’s tweets regarding Yakub Memon are meaningless. I do not support his statements. His tweets are wrong.”

A few other reactions to Salman’s tweets:

Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam “His statement directly amount to contempt to court. The impression created amongst his followers is that Yakub is innocent. What proof does Salman Khan have? In the first set of tweets, he appealed Pakistan to hand over Tiger. While I welcome his appeal, this also means that he is aware of his location. The country is known for its belief on judiciary and Khan’s statement has questioned it.”

Abha Singh (lawyer): Salman himself is a convict who has been given a punishment of 5 yrs, still he has audacity to say Yakub is innocent. Is he trying to question judicial system of country? His statement is very improper and against rule of law.

Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena): Is he trying to question the judicial system of the nation? One shouldn’t pay attention to such things, it should be ignored.

Raza Murad (Actor): That’s Salman’s personal opinion, he has a right to express opinion as a citizen of democratic nation.

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135 Comments

  • Suddenly at 1:52, a most likely drunk Salman thought he must question the wisdom of the courts. He has all the rights, of course.

    And also the knowledge that courts in India mostly give wrong decisions.

  • One criminal is supporting another criminal. Both are convicts and the one who is roaming free and making movies is saying the other should be set free? LOL.

    Both should be hanged.

  • Salman you should spoken like that before the release of your film !! then we would have seen how many people would have watched your crappy movie !!

  • Whatever salman says is correct. Without knowing facts he doesnt tweet. He tweets means sure he knws something abt it which common people dnt knw. Haters bark always we shud ignore them.

  • Salman khan exposed. First used Jail controversy to promote film and now suport Menon controversy.
    Hang both!

  • don’t know about this

    Salman khan’s movies may earn 200 cr at box office but he hasn’t earned the respect of people..! many people will criticize him for this..!

  • I don’t have any respect for any human judiciary but Salman shouldn’t tweet without knowing real facts.

  • Its not good at all…!!..

    The person who got bail in 4 hours for culpable homicide should not question the court for justice…..!!…

    Note it…

  • Salman is one of those who think they have the right to pass judgments on everyone, that they are above the law.

    People have a real short memory. Salman, I’m afraid has been a repeat offender – arms license, black buck, girl friend beater, hit & run and then one fine night he gets drunk and has the audacity to tweet something like this….

    There’s absolutely no remorse after being convicted. Its almost as if he takes the legal system of this country for granted. The same attitude was evident during the trial in lower court as well!!!

    People of this country have a short memory but they’re not fools. Such inequality would not be tolerated!!!

  • @Tiger
    lets be realistic….!!…

    He won’t be hanged for Culpable homicide….!!…

    @Zaid

    don’t involve Bajrangi Bhaijaan in it…. Yakub menon issue is different…!!…

  • look at this – Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam “His statement directly amount to contempt to court. The impression created amongst his followers is that Yakub is innocent. What proof does Salman Khan have? In the first set of tweets, he appealed Pakistan to handover Tiger. While I welcome his appeal, this also means that he is aware of his location. The country is known for its beliefon judiciary and Khan’s statement has questioned it.”
    now read the article again salman asked to nawaaz. he is not telling him thist is the difference that judicialary system many times manipulate facts because of own profit.

  • Its high time we cut this crap of hail the judiciary.. they r humans only.. no machines.. they can make mistakes n also r prone to political n social influence n corruption.. if they werent the millions of cases pending wldnt have been there n thousands of innocent people wldnt have to be in jail for years to get acquitted after years of trial n some unluvky even convicted althgh innocent.. this respect judiciary is used by politicians to duck controversies.. n yes there is freedom of speech.. its salman’s personal opinion thgh.. we may not agree.. most wont.. but its well in his rights!!

  • sallu sometimes bhvs so intelligently and then suddenly starts behaving ridiculously.i think he sufferes from multiplie personality syndrome

  • I didn’t like Salman this tweets at all…
    he is celebrity not judge….
    I just want to say don’t cross your limit Salman….
    better u Care about ur films not yakub menon…

  • If Salman somehow knows thay yakub is innocent then why did not he ever go 2 court to give statement in his favour..suddenly now when he is being hanged he is doing cheap tricks to promote his movie in order 2 break PK record…he now thinks that entire nation will do whatever i will say…he is becoming arrogant

  • @moviefan77… have you read about Yakub Menon’s case? Before you comment that the judiciary can make mistakes, do read about the case.

    The TADA court found Yakub guilty of aiding a terrorist act, criminal conspiracy, illegal possession of arms and possessing explosives.

    The verdict of TADA court was upheld by Supreme Court, they called him the mastermind of the attacks.

    President Pranab Mukherjee rejected Menon’s petition.

    So it’s not just one human to make mistakes. The case has been going on for more than 2 decades and after several hearing and evidences provided.. he is being hanged.

    If Shahrukh or Aamir or Hrithik had supported Yakub Menon.. it was probably well within their rights, but Salman is a convict under a charge as serious as Culpable homicide.. it’s a disgrace that a criminal is supporting a bigger criminal.

    Salman is showing concern towards Yakub’s family.. but what about family of those who died in 1993 blasts? Has he visited them? Has he heard their story?

  • Hahaha after a long time since BB’s release , an unnecessary article on indicine for srk fans & salman haters to cheer about.

    Now srk fans & his haters will try to make a mountain out of this mole & do srk like nautanki and trend anti-salman things on social media, iske alava kar bi kya sakthe hei bechare.

    And for salman he should stop creating such silly useless controversies which don’t serve any purpose , yes he is frank, genuine & fearless in his real life and speaks his mind unlike some fake media created 3.5 billions fans ka coward queen but still it would be wise on his part not to speak on controversial comments.

    Indicine if u wanted u could have avoided posting this silly article but anyway i don’t think it will serve any purpose.

  • I am with Salman!
    Tiger memon & Daud Ibrahim are main culprits not Yakub….
    Because of the mistakes of his brother Tiger, Yakub is going to be hanged.

  • @shaggy

    in this aspect akki is much better than salman….!!…

    Salman bhaijaan always crosses lines and thinks he is something above judiciary….!!….

    He should not forget he has no rights to question judiciary when he himself is a result of poor judiciary….!!..

    Launching a criminal like Suraj Pancholi is also a bad thing…!!…

  • one criminal is always support another criminal that is why i hate him and even his father didint like his statement , he is such a criminal

  • @mohit.. not jus mistakes.. judiciary r corrupt too.. have u ever been to courts.. u’d knw then.. n y take decades.. I jus dnt understand that.. jus luk at the cases of cricketers.. they r innocent all of a sudden after theor careers r ruined.. thia is jus 1 example.. n my personal experiences r also very sour with judiciary right up2 the apex court.. the all so honorable judges asking for money!! The higer the court, the more the money!!

  • LMAO at these loser Salman fans like @NVS.. like Bhai they think they are above everyone else. Commenting on a platform that Indicine has provided and asking them to avoid writing certain articles. Hahahah..

    They have only published what Salman tweeted. What has this got to do with SRK?? these fans like @NVS are only obsessed with SRK.

  • I will have to see Salman phone to believe this story. I never believe India media reports on anything to do with Salman 90% are made up stories so Salman would have to tell me himself and then I will believe hr said what they say he tweeted

  • Wah indicine wah , earlier u dont post any article related to salman khan tweets. Let it be it is his views , what is the purpose of posting this article which too doesnot relate to bollywood industry .

  • i am sure Salman khan fan will definetly find some logic behind his tweets.Shame on salman and his fans who supported him blindly.Aise hi fans ki wahah se Criminal salman ko himmat milati hai crime karne ki Whether is drink and drive or bag buck..And He tweeted at around 2pm that mean he was totally drunk thats the reason he posted 14 back to back tweets…

  • @sujit…

    Shame on you ….!!..

    Salman is supporting criminal who is accused in 1993 bomb blast case…!!..

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