Salman Khan Believed In Sooraj Pancholi's Innocence In Jiah Khan Case: 'He Has Experience Of Media Trial'
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Sooraj was accused of involvement in the suicide of actor and late girlfriend Jiah Khan by her family. He was acquitted in 2023.
Despite being embroiled in the case of Jiah Khan's suicide, Sooraj Pancholi had a promising start in Bollywood. Sooraj made his debut with Athiya Shetty in Salman Khan-backed Hero. In a recent conversation with Bollywood Bubble, Sooraj revealed that Salman Khan always believed in his innocence.
Sooraj said, 'Salman sir only asked me one thing, which my father also asked, 'Sooraj, have you done something wrong?' and once I said, 'No sir, I have not,' he never questioned me after that. He gave me a chance purely on trust. Also, he has the experience of going through a media trial. So maybe he was a good judge of trusting me at that point."
He added, 'If people know what a trial is, they'd understand: every question must be answered, and every answer is questioned. I went through that entire process and was acquitted—not guilty—because they had no evidence against me. But nobody talked about it. The media didn't support me."
Sooraj mentioned, 'Nobody supported me—because it didn't give them the 'masala' they were looking for. I think my mistake was that I didn't speak up for myself back then. A lot of people told me not to. But today, I feel that maybe if I had spoken up back then, people would've heard my side of the story, which, till today, I've never really shared. And I never will. It's done now."
For the unversed, Sooraj was accused of involvement in the suicide of actor and late girlfriend Jiah Khan by her family. In 2023, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai finally acquitted him of abetment charges. He will now be seen in Kesari Veer: Legends of Somnath with Suniel Shetty. The film provides a dramatic insight into the narrative of Hamirji Gohil, a courageous warrior who fought against the Tughlaq Empire to safeguard the Somnath Temple.
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