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.
@ Indicine :
Too much of Bajrangi articles going on since the last 7 days , but I have never questioned your neutrality or impartiality . But I’d like to remind you , CE had following records :
1. Highest opening day
2. Highest single day
3. Highest 2nd day
4. Highest two-days total
5. Highest 3rd day
6. Highest opening weekend
7. All three days were in Top 5 Highest Single Days
8. 2nd Highest Monday
9. Highest 1st week
10. Highest Grosser of all-time , etc etc
P.S. Not mentioned Overseas and Worldwide records
I don’t think you published that many articles regarding CE ! I know that BB is a record-breaking success , so it deserves everything that it’s getting . But once again , its Bollywood not Bhai-wood . And this is Indicine, not Bhai-cine !
Thanks . (Please don’t reply me saying , “Don’t like, don’t read …”, etc etc)
@The Phenom, first of all, this article has nothing to do with SRK and this isn’t about Bajrangi Bhaijaan either. Please browse through the archives on our website, go back to 2013 August and you’ll find tons of Chennai Express articles.
If you do not like reading about Bajrangi Bhaijaan when the film has just released and is conquering box office records, then we suggest you don’t visit our website for a week or so. As long as the film is doing well, there will be an excess of Bajrangi articles here, because people like reading it and we are getting traffic too. Thanks.
@indicine really love your work man. What a fitting reply to another blinded criminal fan @NVS. You’re doing an amazing job Indicine. we’re with always. RESPECT!!!
I’m both disgusted and appalled by the fact that our media is continuously broadcasting his tweets, taking useless polls and even interviewing Bollywood folks.
Why are we giving so much footage to this man? Does he have any idea what he is talking about? More than 250 people were killed but our Bhaijaan doesn’t give a shit. He’s more interested in saving a guy who has beendeclareda criminal by the Honorable Supreme Court.
Yes, he has every right to voice his opinion, but can he prove what he is saying is true? If he has proofs, where was he when the court case was going against Yakub?
It is so easy to ride onfreedom of speech wavethese days. His tweets were totally uncalled for but they have won brought him back to the spotlight. And that is what he wanted!
@ arjun – you also have same problem because you support blindly young actors and always change your opinion about senior actors.
Lol..Sallu fans praising Bhai’s tweets and getting plenty of likes..it’s time to leave earth.How could any fanbase be so dumb can’t understand
Bhai is absolutely right. Main culprits Daud & tiger should be brought to India and hang out. Kare koi aur aur bhukte koi aur!!!
Just bcos Salman is a celebrity does not mean he can’t share his opinion. Every individual has a right to his or her own views so stop criticising.
Go watch Bajrangi Bhaijaan again and be happy.
Ex director of RAW said Yakub surrendered to India and helped RAW & CBI many ways regarding Mumbai Bombay blasts. So he should not be hanged out. Bhai said the same, what’s wrong with that???
There would have been a shitstorm had SRK said this. People were up in arms against SRK in 2010. These people know they won’t get any publicity out of protesting against Salman. They can get publicity only by going against the biggest fish. Hypocrites.
ohh congrats hater…this is big boost to u….
u all frustrated people from BB collection cn now comment and bark as much as u can… on this article….
BUT WE DONT CARE… AT ALLL….
BB IS GOING TO BE sureshot 300 cr….
this controversy will be over within few days…. salim khan will manage it well…
cm on show us how BB perform….
HIT DISLIKE HATERS… N SHOW THAT SALMAN SE KITNI JALI TUMHARI…
Salman said,
1.Grab Tiger Memon.
2.Hang him.
But media not revealed all this.
Media picked only part which is good for their TRP.
Mr.Ujwal Nikam said Salman not has right to speak against SC without having complete knowledge.
Yes he is 100% right.
But did he read all tweets carefully.
Because if he did that then where he find Salman saying anything against SC.?
Media criticizing Salman it ok.
But why they are not praising him for highlighting the fact that ‘Our government should think about catching Tiger Memon’?
Aamir at the time of Narmada Bachav controversy.
Srk at the time of MNIK-Pakistan players in IPL controvery.
And now Salman…all are faced this only due to chip tactics by media.
I request to all stars plz in future plz stay away from such things because Indian Media is worst media in whole world.
And request to all people who has atleast some common sense plz ignore these kind of controversies.
Specially to fans…Srk fans shouldnt target Salman & so salman fans dont target Srk on such media created controversies.
@Yuvraj ….
Very well said…. !!..
I think @ArjunFan is deep down an Abhishek Bacchan fan….who cannot act … N has zero fans….
He just pretends to be Flop arjun,,Flop Ranbir fan….
As who can be a fan of wahiyaat flop actors like Arjun,,ranbir ???……
PK hai kya??
What’s wrong with my comment.Don’t you find it ridiculous seeing people supporting a criminal who had funded the vehicles and arms for the attack.Please post my comment…blind following needs to be stopped
@Yuvraj ….
Very well said…. !!..
I think @ArjunFan is deep down an Abhishek Bacchan fan….who cannot act … N has zero fans….
He just pretends to be Flop arjun,,Flop Ranbir fan….
As who can be a fan of wahiyaat flop actors like Arjun,,ranbir ???…
nice reply indicine….
i like wen u reply politly to fan of any star…rathr than hitting on them…
gud hope u remain same…
Why indicine why , 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 .
Hahaha..Too much fun going on!
@The Phenom: I think you don’t know how many articles were published at the time of Chennai Express,surely more than the No. of Bajrangi Bhaijaan articles !!
Salman khan lost all my respect with this tweet!!! There was a reason why I as a fan wanted him to be a number 1 superstar but making these kind of comment is just ridiculous. I wish he made more sensible tweets and think before tweeting. If he keeps tweeting like these soon he is going to lose his fan base and I will be one of those fan.
He needs to focus on career rather than making these kind of tweets. I don’t know why he keeps doing his brother and brother in law films, we don’t want him to do films with his family they are soon going to give him a flop just like shoail khan. He should work with more sensible people instead of his family, his family needs to stop milking his stardom to earn money. His brother and brother in law are such a let down to his career.
I think bhai has read pk vs bb article where Indicine said that pk had advantage of controversy which BB not, so after some pag of drink Salman written those tweet, lo bhai controversy create ho gayi.
Jokes apart I simply rejected all the tweets of salman on yakub Menon, Sakman is saying Yakub is innocent, hanging him means killing humanity. Seriously. I don’t think why as a celebrity he need to criticise court in support of a criminal. Salman please don’t spoil your image further more. Stay away from these unnecessary comments and controversy.
@indicine
please delete this flop ranbir’s comment on 3.15 pm. He has plagiarized my answer on quora without my permission! Thanks :)
@salman khan- my humble request to u as ur biggest fan is stay away from these controversial topics n not comment on them.. this will only do u harm.. watever u think keep it upto u.. dnt give ur opnion or wat u feel about these controversial topics.. u r not a common man who may feel n say anything.. just be careful.. tk cr man!
No one can point out who is wrong or correct…
Certainly he doesnot need such comments at the time when BB is doing so well.I mean why he did do?
Unnecessary draamebaazi by bhai to create more buzz for Bajrangi Bhaijaan so that it can cross PK!!
I WILL NT SUPPORT SALMAN ON THIS….
any 1 from his PR or related to him reading this…tell him to be careful on when to use twitter… we dnt want him in any problems…
DNT LET DOWN UR FANS BHAI
N DNT DO.SMTHING LK THIS WEN EVRYTHING IS GOING CORRECT FR U…
UR TWEETS DOESNT MAKE ANY DIFFRENCE… U DNT HAV THT MUCH KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICS N WORLD …JUST LIKE MOST OF BOLLYWOOD ACTORS …
SO PLZ…KEEP MOBILE AWAY WEN UR DRUNK… .
SALMAN IS EMOTIONAL MAN….
there might be moron around him or among his friend circle who come up with theory that yakub is innocent n still going to be hanged…
then he fired these tweets at night….
he shld nt do this…n stay away from politics….
his fans no need to worry abt this.. n ignore this…
as yakub will surely be hanged…
n BB SURESHOT 300CR…
@2:33pm
And you would know all about Multiple Personality Disorder you chameleon…!
He shouldnt have made those tweets…it will bring lots of critisism..
He should stay away from making comments on such serious issue nd rather foucus on his career…
This case is just nothing!!!!
6 Hrs of Tweeting by srk fans, 7 hrs of trending on twitter and 8 Hrs of TWITTER OUTRAGE till midnight. THATZ IT !!!
You won’t get a penny out of it ! Neither your OUTRAGE will reach salman nor salman will feel guilty.
Some reactions:
gj007:
outrage on twitter and quora! But from tomorrow onwards , he will be again busy in his academics.
Nipun!
Will review salman tweets and award him generous 0/5 stars for his attitude.
ARJUN YOUNGISTAN FAN:
not sure he will support salman or srk fans! Will depend who is on his licking list!
Babaji Kshitij:
will come up with the most funniest reaction and will surely have fun!
Navin:
will take the game on srk and his fans.
Challa:
Will take this opportunity with both hands.
Conclusion:
SALMAN=PUBLICITY