Salman Khan faces massive outrage on Twitter after 'request' to stand with Sushant's fans

Salman Khan is once again at receiving end of netizens' r after he tweeted, late on Saturday, appealing to his fans to stand in support of Sushant Singh Rajput's fans.  Dabangg star urged his fans t to take to heart strong reactions of Sushant’s fans, and rar understand pain that y were going through. After this statement by Salman Khan, netizens have taken to social media to decry him and called him out by insinuating that "he's only acting kind" and many such things, amid larger allegations being made against him.

Have a look at some of reactions:

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On Saturday, Salman Khan broke his silence amid netizens’ strong reactions against some big names of film industry in aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide. Amid various hashtags floating against nepotism, favouritism and bullying in film industry, some directed at Salman too, actor urged his fans to stand with Sushant’s fans.

Here's tweet:

While netizens have criticized seemingly well-intentioned tweet by Salman Khan, his die-hard fans on social media have applauded actor for his kindness by claiming that y stand by him. 

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Social media backlash against Salman had started when he had expressed his condolences upon news of Sushant's demise. Some fans of Sushant Singh Rajput shared screenshots of Salman's allegedly critical comments about late actor from past. Fans of Sushant at his hometown Patna had also demonstrated at Salman’s brand ‘Being Human’ store in city.

Salman's tweet also came on same day three stars, kwn to be close to him, quit Twitter. His former co-stars Sonakshi Sinha and Saqib Saleem and bror-in-law Aayush Sharma left microblogging site to distance mselves from its ‘negativity’. Twitter has been abuzz with ongoing debate about nepotism and unfair practices in film industry after netizens started probing into possible reasons why actor Sushant Singh Rajput committed suicide.

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Sushant Singh Rajput's tragic death

Sushant Singh Rajput died of asphyxia due to hanging, as per his post-mortem report, after he was found dead at his residence in Bandra, Mumbai on Sunday, June 14. His last rites were held next day. On Thursday, his family immersed his ashes in river Ganga in Bihar.