Published 09:18 IST, January 29th 2020
NSUI demands apology & wants Salman Khan banned from Goa after phone-snatching incident
"Such violent actors with a bad track record should not be allowed to visit Goa in the future," Goa NSUI President Ahraz Mulla wrote to Goa Chief Minister.
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Irked by behaviour of a fan who tried to click a selfie with him at Goa airport, Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Tuesday snatched his mobile phone. video of incident has gone viral on social media. Khan is in Goa to shoot for Prabhu Deva's 'Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai'.
In clip, a man can be seen approaching Khan and trying to click a selfie when actor was walking out of airport. Anyed, Khan can be seen snatching mobile phone from man, who was later identified as a ground staff working for an airlines. " formal complaint is lodged but when video went viral, we inquired about incident and confirmed it," said a senior official of airport.
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Goa chief of Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India, Ahraz Mulla, wrote to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant emphasising that "authorities need to see incident with utter seriousness". Mulla demanded an apology from Khan, and said actors with a "bad track record with fans" must t be allowed to come to Goa.
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"I request your kind authority to look into this matter with utter seriousness and demand an apology from actor on public platform since it was a disgrace to fan publicly, failing which such violent actors with a bad track record should t be allowed to visit Goa in future," Goa NSUI President Ahraz Mulla said in a letter to Chief Minister Sawant.
When contacted, Airport Police Inspector Sagar Ekoskar said formal complaint was lodged. Meanwhile, Airports Authority of India (AAI) issued an advisory to Dabolim airport authorities to ask its staff to maintain "decorum". Confirming issuance of advisory, Goa Airport Director Gagan Malik told PTI, " staff should concentrate on ir work. y should do ir duty and t indulge in clicking selfies with passengers at terminal."
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He said such incidents can bring discomfort to thousands of people who use airport, which he claimed was "face of state". Some political leaders took to Twitter to condemn Khan's behaviour and said actor should apologise. Former South Goa MP and state BJP general secretary Narendra Sawaikar tweeted, "Being celebrity, people and your fans will take selfies in public places. Your attitude and behaviour is most deplorable. You have to tender unconditional public apology."
South Goa BJP general secretary Navin Pai Raikar, while tweeting about airport incident, made a reference to 2002 hit-and-run case in Mumbai in which Khan was named as an accused. Khan was acquitted in 2002 case by a Mumbai court and an appeal against verdict is pending in Supreme Court.
"Uncle, this is t way you behave in #Goa! Yea #Mumbai ka footpath nahi hai where you crush people under your car and get away! @BeingSalmanKhan you should apologise!", Raikar said on Twitter.
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(With PTI inputs)
09:18 IST, January 29th 2020