Bollywood star Salman Khan has taken legal action against allegations linking him to the underworld, specifically to Dawood Ibrahim’s criminal network, “D-Company.” The claims surfaced in a report by Asia News International (ANI), published on September 4, citing remarks from lawyer Amit Mishra. Mishra, representing two individuals involved in a firing incident near Khan’s Mumbai residence, insinuated the actor’s alleged connections with the notorious underworld figure.
In response, Khan, through his legal representatives at DSK Legal, has issued a formal notice demanding a public apology and the retraction of the article. According to a report from Live Law India, Khan described the accusations as “false, defamatory, and an attempt to tarnish his long-standing reputation.”
The original ANI article focused on Mishra’s claims regarding his clients, Vicky Gupta and Sagar Pal, who allegedly faced threats from D-Company affiliates. Mishra suggested that Salman Khan’s supposed ties to the underworld group raised questions about his intentions toward the accused. In his legal notice, Khan firmly refuted these allegations, asserting, “Our client denies all the allegations made by Mishra… [which are] absolutely false, baseless, malicious, grossly defamatory, misleading, [and] damaging.”
Khan’s legal team accused both Mishra and ANI of deliberately stirring controversy to gain media attention. The actor’s notice argued that the claims were a ploy to distract from the actual incident of the firing and to shift public sympathy towards the accused. “This is nothing but a tactic to gather sympathy from the public… and to distract their attention from the matter at hand,” the notice stated.
Further condemning the allegations, Khan labeled them as a serious attack on his reputation. “The allegations made against him have no shred of truth and have been made with an intent to defame, malign, and harm the reputation and goodwill of our client,” his legal team elaborated.
The notice issued by Khan’s lawyers demanded that both Mishra and ANI publish an unconditional apology in major newspapers within 48 hours and retract the original article. Failure to comply with these demands, the notice warned, would result in legal action, stating, “If you fail to comply within 48 hours, our client shall be constrained to initiate appropriate criminal and/or civil legal proceedings against you.”
As of now, it remains unclear how ANI and Mishra will respond to the actor’s demands.
