Salman Khan's Brother Sohail Khan Files Defamation Case Against Abhinav Kashyap

Arbaaz Khan confirmed that Sohail Khan has taken legal action against Abhinav Kashyap after he made serious allegations against the Khan family.

Mumbai: ‘Dabangg’ director Abhinav Kashyap set many tongues wagging when he accused Salman Khan and his family members of sabotaging his career in his hard-hitting post of Facebook. He also accused the ‘Bharat’ actor of mental harassment and bullying. Salman’s brother Sohail Khan has filed a defamation case against the filmmaker after he made serious allegations against the Khan family. When ABP News tried to contact Sohail Khan for a comment on this matter, he didn’t respond. We also reached out to Arbaaz Khan for his response. The ‘Sridevi Bungalow’ actor confirmed that Sohail has taken legal action against Abhinav Kashyap after he leveled allegations against his family. READ: Salman Khan & Family Sabotaged My Projects, Reveals Dabangg Director Abhinav Kashyap In A Hard Hitting Post Appealing Government To Launch Detailed Investigation In Sushant Singh Rajput's Death! Arbaaz Khan, while talking to ABP News, said, “We had already told that we would take legal route against Abhinav. Sohail has now filed a defamation case against him.” Arbaaz, who is upset with all the accusations against his family, further said, “Abhinav’s allegations against us are baseless. He is accusing me, Salman, Sohail and our father to tarnish our reputation. We were forced to file a defamation case against him because of his tactics.” When we reached out to Salim Khan for his comment, he had said, “Is it justified to blame someone else for your own failure? Do we have the power to make a film flop? Such people shouldn’t be encouraged. We had offered him ‘Dabangg 2’, which he refused. The matter ends there itself. I have written 40 films in my career and he mentioned my name in his statement, leveling allegations against me. He should be ashamed of what he did.” READ| EXCLUSIVE: Salman's Father Salim Khan LASHES Out At Abhinav Kashyap, Calls Him 'Frustrated Man' We also contacted Abhinav Kashyap to know his side of the story but he refused to comment on the same. Abhinav Kashyap had said in his post that he refused to direct ‘Dabangg 2’ as Arbaaz and Sohail were trying to 'control his career' by bullying him. He also alleged that Khan brothers sabotaged two of his films. "Arbaaz Khan on Dabangg and ever since. So here is my story 10 years after Dabangg. The reason I moved out of making Dabangg 2 ten years ago is that Arbaaz Khan in collusion with Sohail Khan and family was trying to take control of my career by bullying me. because Arbaaz Khan sabotaged my second project with Shree Ashtavinayak Films that I was signed up with by personally calling their head Mr. Raj Mehta and threatening him with dire consequences if they made a film with me. I had to return the signing money to Shree Ashtavinayak films and moved to Viacom Pictures. They did the same thing. Only this time the sabotager was Sohail Khan and he intimidated the then Viacom CEO Vikram Malhotra. My project was sabotaged and I was made to return my signing fee of Rupees 7 Crores plus interest of Ninety odd lacs. Its only then that Reliance Entertainment came to my rescue and we forged an enduring partnership for my film Besharam," Abhinav’s post read.

The 'Besharam' director also said that the mental harassment and bullying led to his divorce in 2017. His post went viral in no time and it created a lot of buzz on social media.