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Bollywood’s Salman Khan Found Guilty in Poaching Case

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Bollywood star Salman Khan was found guilty Thursday of illegally killing¹ rare deer in a wildlife refuge² in 1998. An Indian court sentenced the actor to five years in prison.

Salman Khan denies he shot two blackbuck deer 20 years ago in a western India nature preserve.

The blackbuck is an endangered animal protected under the Indian Wildlife Act.

On Thursday, Khan heard the ruling in court in the western city of Jodhpur.

News of the sentencing made the actor a popular topic on social media. The hashtag #BlackBuckPoachingCase trended worldwide Thursday on Twitter. In India, the hashtag #WeLoveYouSalmanKhan was another top trend.

Some Bollywood performers expressed their support for Khan. Actor Arjun Rampal said on Twitter, “My heart goes out….I feel this is too harsh³.”

Khan, who is 52 years old, has starred in more than 90 Hindi-language films. They include “Sultan,” “Ek Tha Tiger,” and “Tiger Zinda Hai,” which was released last year.

The court ruled that four other Bollywood stars also accused in the case were innocent. They were in the car that Khan was said to be driving during the hunt.

The actor had been sentenced to prison in other poaching cases in the past. However, each time he has been acquitted⁵ by appeals courts for lack of evidence. He was also acquitted in 2014 in a drunken-driving case.

Salman Khan spent a total of 18 days in prison in 1998, 2006 and 2007 in the poaching cases.

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I’m Susan Shand.

Words in This Story

topic - n. someone or something that people talk or write about

harsh - adj. ?severe or cruel : not kind

poach - v. ?to hunt or fish illegally : to catch or kill an animal illegally?

acquit⁴ - v. ?to decide that someone is not guilty of a crime

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 refuge   

n.避难（处），庇护（所）；v.庇护，避难（所）

参考例句：

• They took refuge in a cave yesterday.他们昨天是在一个洞里避难的。
• We took refuge in the lee of the wall.我们在墙的背风处暂避。

3 harsh   

adj.严厉（酷）的，刺耳的，刺目的，毛糙的

参考例句：

• The sunlight is very harsh.太阳光很刺眼。
• Although his words are harsh,there is positiveness in them.虽然他的话很苛刻，但有建设性。

4 acquit   

vt.宣判无罪；(oneself)使(自己)表现出

参考例句：

• That fact decided the judge to acquit him.那个事实使法官判他无罪。
• They always acquit themselves of their duty very well.他们总是很好地履行自己的职责。

5 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。