A video is being shared on social media (here and here), suggesting that ‘Salman Khan went to jail to apologize to Lawrence Bishnoi,’ following a threat from the gangster to either apologize to the Bishnoi community or pay 5 crore rupees. The video, which links to a YouTube clip showing Salman Khan exiting jail, is gaining attention. Let’s verify the truth behind the claim made in this post.
Claim: Salman Khan went to jail to apologize to Lawrence Bishnoi.
Fact: This video dates back to 7 April 2018, when Salman Khan was released from Jodhpur Central Jail in the Black Buck poaching case. No credible reports suggest that Salman Khan visited Lawrence Bishnoi to apologize. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On performing a reverse image search using the keyframes of the viral video, we found the longer version of this video published by ABP news YouTube channel. This video was published on 7 April 2018 with the description ‘Salman Khan gets out of Jodhpur Central Jail, watch the inside visuals.’
This news has been reported by several other media outlets (here, here, and here). According to these reports, Salman Khan was released from jail in connection with the blackbuck poaching case. A search for relevant keywords regarding Salman Khan visiting Lawrence Bishnoi in jail to apologize did not yield any credible results. A comparison between the original video and the viral video can be seen below.
To sum up, an old video of Salman Khan being released from jail is shared with false claims of him visiting Lawrence Bishnoi to apologize.
