CtrlAltDel wrote:does that pic prove that salman was involved in the Mumbai blasts...or that it was his voice in the tapes? even the cops aren't claiming that...
I never said that it proves ki he was involved in the mumbai blasts. But what the picture does prove is that he has friendly links with the dawood and his gang. If salman was just a victim of underworld extortion, you wouldnt find a picture of him with the extortinists. So, only one conclusion : Salman was on friendly terms with the underworld.
This picture may well have been taken before 1993, for after 1993, no Indian in his right sense of mind would want to be pictured with dawood or his associates as it would put him under scanner.
Next, from HT:
Rewind to 1997 and a musical show in Dubai. Several Bollywood celebrities who'd been there were called in for questioning by the police. Why? According to intelligence reports, several actors gathered at a ranch on the outskirts of Sharjah, during a pleasure-cumshopping trip to the UAE. Dawood Ibrahim's right-hand man, Chhota Shakeel, played host.
And soon after the event, Abu Salem's hitmen gunned down music baron Gulshan Kumar. Investigators believed the assassination was hatched during the show, and that some actors might have known of the plot.
These should not be treated as isolated incidents. Salman is on friendly terms with D, salman attends one of D's hench mans party, salman stars in underworld sponsored film - all point to the act that salman may have been aware of Gulshan kumars murder and may be even Mumbai blasts. Sanjay dutt was involved in it too, but thanks to sunil dutt, he got away.
As for the tapes, Aishwarya did not deny that it was not her voice. IIRC she specifically told press that she wont deny that it is her voice. So there is a chance that the conversation did indeed take place. Btw, all this happened in 2001 and HT only got wind of it recently, the police didnt want to publicize the tapes.