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Salman fan attempts suicide outside Bombay High Court

by IBNS 07 May 2015, 11:08 pm

Mumbai, May 8 (IBNS) A fan of actor Salman Khan has allegedly attempted to commit suicide outside the Bombay High Court, where hearing on the bail petition of the 49-year-old superstar was going on.

Reports quoted police as saying that the  fan consumed something unidentified and was taken to Mumbai's JJ hospital.

 He reportedly aid he would like to serve the sentence instead of his hero.

There were protests outside the court where people gathered both in support of Khan and others demanded stringent punishment for him.

Posters carried by some protesters read, "We are the city, we are not dogs," referring to tweets by singer Abhijit triggered public outrage.

Sparing Khan from going to jail immediately, the  Bombay High Court on Friday asked him to execute a fresh bond.