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which was invoked against Salman midway through the case . On December 10 , 2015 , Salman was acquitted of all charges in connection with the case . Blackbuck poaching case Actors Salman Khan , Saif Ali Khan , Sonali Bendre , Tabu and Neelam are accused of poaching two blackbucks in the intervening night of October 1 and 2 , 1998 in Kankani village near Jodhpur during the shooting of the fi lm ' Hum Saath Saath Hain '. Pushed Aishwarya on sets A drunk Salman Khan stormed the sets of ' Kuch Naa Kaho ' in January 2002 and had a massive fi ght with Aishwarya Rai . The unit got involved when Salman allegedly pushed Aishwarya . He banged her parked car on the way out and was interrogated the week after . Abused Vivek Oberoi In 2003 , Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi held a press conference and announced that angry that Vivek was romantically involved with Aishwarya Rai , Salman Khan had abused him and threatened to kill him . Threw Katrina Kaif ' s Shampoo ? Earlier in 2009 , reports broke out over how Salman Khan threw Katrina Kaif ' s shampoo bottle and belongings out of his home , during an argument with her . Fight with SRK Salman and Shah Rukh Khan were involved in a fi ght at Salman ' s then girlfriend Katrina Kaif ' s birthday party in 2008 . The two stars didn ' t speak to each other and were engaged in a cold war for many years . However , they have made peace now . Fatwa for Ganeshotsav In 2008 , some religious organisations issued a fatwa against Salman for celebrating Ganeshotsav at his residence . Courting politicians Salman Khan drew criticism for meeting then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi during the kite festival in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls . Some organistaions even asked people to boycott his fi lm ' Jai Ho '. He was slammed for performing at Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav ' s Saifai Mahotsav at the village of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav while neglecting the riot victims at Muzaffarpur . His donation of Rs 25 lakh to the JN Medical College though calmed some groups . 26 / 11 attacks comments Salman Khan faced fl ak for making statements in an interview to a Pakistani channel that the 26 / 11 Mumbai terror attacks were hyped because ' elite people ' were targeted . Campaigning for Rajapakse Tamil groups and many Sri Lankans criticised Salman Khan for campaigning for Mahinda Rajapakse for the SL presidential elections . The Bollywood star thus became the fi rst Indian actor to be roped in for a poll campaign in Sri Lanka . Slapping fans and bodyguards Salman Khan is infamous for his temper and has lost
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his cool time and again . He has slapped his fans for intruding into his privacy and slapped his bodyguard for misbehaving with his fans . He once slapped one of his bodyguards , who mistakenly hit a fan while protecting the star . While shooting for ' Jai Ho ', a photographer had irked him by clicking his photos . Salman had immediately asked his brother to take the camera and delete all the photos taken on the fi lm ' s sets . In 2013 , Salman , who was travelling in a car at the time , had rolled down his window , taken a fan ' s phone and thrown it away for taking his pictures . The same year , he had abused reporter for asking him questions about Ranbir Kapoor and his ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif ' s vacation pictures that leaked online . Threatening fisherman Bollywood star Salman Khan landed in the thick of another controversy when a Mumbai fi sherman ' s family alleged that he had threatened them . The fi sherman had alleged that Khan and his bodyguards asked them to shift their boats and fi shing nets , since these blocked the sea view from the Bollywood star ' s Bandra West suburban residence . FIR for assaulting activist A member of one Akhil Bhartiya Bhrashtachar Nirmulan Samiti alleged in April 2015 that Salman Khan and his bodyguards abused and assaulted him on a fl ight in November last year , and the latter also snatched his papers . A Mumbai court asked the Airport police to fi le an FIR against Salman for assaulting the activist .