Megastar Salman Khan has filed a defamation case against his neighbour and the situation is getting more serious by the day. During the latest hearing, the actor through his lawyer accused the neighbour of unnecessarily dragging his religious identity into the dispute.
Salman has filed a civil suit alleging Ketan Kakkad, who owns a plot of land near the actor’s Panvel farmhouse, defamed him in a YouTube interview. Khan’s lawyer Pradeep Gandhi read out substantial portions of Akkad’s posts and interviews in front of the court. He said Kakkad had accused the actor of being a “front for the D Gang, commenting on his religious identity and implying that he was connected to the ruling party at the central and state level, levelling allegations of child trafficking, further alleging that bodies of film stars are buried in his farmhouse.”
Through his lawyer, Salman said, “Without proper proof, all these allegations are a figment of the defendant’s imagination. In a property dispute, why are you tarnishing my personal reputation? Why are you bringing in religion? My mother is a Hindu, my father is a Muslim and my brothers have married Hindus. We celebrate all festivals.”
He further said, “You are an educated person... not a Gunda-chhap to make such allegations. The easiest thing nowadays is to gather some people, get on social media and vent out all your anger.”
Salman has also made YouTube, social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, parties to the suit, demanding that they be directed to block and remove the 'defamatory content' from their websites. He wants a permanent order restraining Ketan from posting or publishing defamatory content about him or his farmhouse.
