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Published 19:05 IST, February 3rd 2020

Sonam Kapoor clarifies after netizen points out Anil Kapoor's picture with Dawood Ibrahim

Sonam Kapoor clarified after a netizen pinpointed a picture of Anil Kapoor with Dawood Ibrahim. She stated that it was taken during a cricket match at that time

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Sonam Kapoor has been very vocal on the internet lately, taking on the trolls and answering back to critics alike. In a similar incident, Kapoor on Monday responded to a netizen who pointed out a picture of Anil Kapoor with terrorist Dawood Ibrahim and asked her to explain the relationship between the two. 

The cybersurfer sarcastically taunted the actress and asked whether the relationship between her father Anil Kapoor and Dawood Ibrahim was of 'Karma' or 'Dharma'. 

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Sonam Kapoor clarifies 

However, Sonam in a reply went on to admit that her father’s relationship with Dawood Ibrahim was neither of Karma (deeds) nor of dharma (religion) but of cricket. Revealing that Anil Kapoor went for a cricket match to Sharjah with Raj Kapoor and Krishna Kapoor in the 1990s, she said, "He went to a Indian cricket match with krishna Kapoor (who is also there) and was Phtographed with no knowledge of who was there”.

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She further asked the user to stop pinpointing fingers as there are three pointing right back at him. Read the exchange below - 

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However, this is not the first time Bollywood has been linked with terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. Earlier in January, images accessed by Republic TV showed renowned Bollywood celebrities like Dilip Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan standing next to underworld don Karim Lala. 

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19:05 IST, February 3rd 2020