A picture post is doing the rounds on social media in which a quote has been attributed to Bollywood actor Salman Khan. The post suggests that Salman has called Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput a coward.
The post is going viral in the wake of outrage amongst people against a section of Bollywood following the death of Sushant Singh Rajput in June 2019.
The quote attributed to Salman read: “Suicide is not a solution, Sushant is a pure coward, That is why he committed suicide. And some jobless Indian people are supporting Sushant every day. As a result, many more cowards like Sushant will be created in India. Stop supporting Sushant”
At the time of filing this report, the above post was shared over 1,600 times.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found it to be misleading.
We started our investigation by putting the exact statement through a Google search, and we did not find any substantial results surrounding the statement.
Taking our investigation further, we ran a search with keywords such as ‘Salman Khan’, ‘Sushant Singh Rajput’, ‘Coward’ etc. In the search, we did not find any authentic report/video suggesting that Salman made the above statement.
Moreover, considering Salman’s popularity, it would have been breaking news if he had called Sushant a coward.
On scanning Salman’s Twitter handle (@BeingSalmanKhan) we found two tweets by him about Sushant Singh Rajput following his demise.
In a tweet on June 14, 2020, Salman had condoled the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.
U will be missed … #RIPSushant
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) June 14, 2020
Also, a few days later on June 20, 2020, he had urged his fans to support and stand with Sushant Singh Rajput’s family.
A request to all my fans to stand with sushant’s fans n not to go by the language n the curses used but to go with the emotion behind it. Pls support n stand by his family n fans as the loss of a loved one is extremely painful.
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) June 20, 2020
In conclusion, the above information establishes that the quote in question has been falsely attributed to Salman Khan.
If you want to fact-check any story, WhatsApp it now on +91 88268 00707
