Last week, Salman Khan was convicted in the infamous 1998 blackbuck poaching case, by the Jodhpur court. He was sentenced to five years of jail, and also fined Rs 10,000. On Saturday, the superstar was granted bail.

The poaching incident occurred during the filming of Hum Saath Saath Hain, in 1998. Salman, along with his co-stars Tabu, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre and Neelam Kothari, went for a hunting expedition in the Kankani village of Jodhpur. Salman killed two blackbucks.

This enraged the Bishnoi community, who raised a hue and cry, as the blackbuck is an endangered species. Since then, Salman has made innumerable visits to the court.

His Hum Saath Saath Hai co-star has also been facing the wrath of the Bishnoi community. Kunickaa Sadanand, (who played the evil aunt in the film) has filed a case against Bishnoi community after receiving death threats and obscene messages from them.

In an interview to Bombay Times, Kunickaa said, "During television debates on the blackbuck poaching case, I was advocating that instead of punishing Salman, the Bishnoi community should use him as an example and not oppose the bail. Ideally, he should be made to do some work for the community, like breeding black bucks, adopting a jungle, etc. On one such panel discussion last week, I said that even Bishnois are hunters. I wanted to add that just like there are non-vegetarians in vegetarian communities, likewisebut I was interrupted by the anchor."

Following this, she was flooded with angry phone calls. "A person called Santosh Bishnoi called me and wanted me to apologise for what I had said on television and I agreed, as I had no proof about Bishnois being non-vegetarian; I had only heard about it from a man in Kota. However, the phone calls did not stop, there were messages on Facebook, too. They threatened to file a case against me. By then, I'd had enough and I posted a video online, apologising for my statement. I also talked about the harassment," she said.

Yet, the name-calling continued.

Kanickaa had enough, and she filed a police complaint. "I filed a case under Section 507 against the Bishnoi community. I handed over all the details, including the numbers from which I received the calls, and screenshots of the lewd messages. They have leaked my address and phone numbers on social media and violated my privacy. I have got police protection, now it is up to them to take action."

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