Salman Khan at the court for a hearing in allegations on blackbuck hunting case, in Jodhpur on Thursday. Photo: PTIJodhpur: Bollywood actor Salman Khan was on Saturday released from the Jodhpur jail after being granted bail by a district and sessions court here in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case in which he was sentenced to five years in jail. Immediately after his release, Khan, 52, was driven under police escort to the airport in Jodhpur, a police official said. Khan walked out of the jail after the prison authorities received the court papers granting him bail, the official said. Salman Khan’s sister Alvira Khan arrives for his bail hearing at the session court in Jodhpur on Saturday.

Source: Mint April 07, 2018 08:26 UTC