Blackbuck poaching case: Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu leave for Jodhpur ahead of verdict

The three actors did not speak to mediapersons waiting outside the Mumbai airport while they left from Mumbai.
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan leaves Jodhpur airport to appear in the chief judicial magistrate court in the 1998 Blackbuck hunting case in Jodhpur on Wednesday. | PTI
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan leaves Jodhpur airport to appear in the chief judicial magistrate court in the 1998 Blackbuck hunting case in Jodhpur on Wednesday. | PTI

MUMBAI: Ahead of the verdict by a Jodhpur court in the blackbuck poaching case, Bollywood actors Sonali Bendre, Saif Ali Khan and Tabu left for the Rajasthan city from here this morning.

The three actors did not speak to mediapersons waiting outside the Mumbai airport while they left from here.

Superstar Salman Khan, meanwhile, arrived in Mumbai in the early hours today from Abu Dhabi where he has been shooting for "Race 3".

Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre leaves Jodhpur airport to appear in the chief judicial magistrate court in the 1998 Blackbuck hunting case in Jodhpur on Wednesday. | PTI
Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre leaves Jodhpur airport to appear in the chief judicial magistrate court in the 1998 Blackbuck hunting case in Jodhpur on Wednesday. | PTI

After arriving, he went to his house and is expected to leave for Jodhpur later today.

A Jodhpur court will announce tomorrow the verdict in the 1998 black buck poaching case against Salman Khan.

Salman Khan was accused of killing two blackbucks on October 2, 1998 in Kankani village in Jodhpur during the shooting of "Hum Saath Saath Hain".

Bollywood actressTabu leaves Jodhpur airport to appear in the chief judicial magistrate court in the 1998 Blackbuck hunting case in Jodhpur on Wednesday. | PTI
Bollywood actressTabu leaves Jodhpur airport to appear in the chief judicial magistrate court in the 1998 Blackbuck hunting case in Jodhpur on Wednesday. | PTI

Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, and Tabu, who were also shooting for the film, are the co-accused in the case.

Salman Khan, 52, had earlier pleaded innocence in the case, claiming before the court that he had been "framed".

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