Salman replies to NCW on 'raped woman' comment, refuses to apologise

Salman Khan is "not apologetic" over his rape remark in his reply to the National Commission for Women, its Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said today, noting the panel is looking into it.

"Salman Khan has sent a reply and it is not apologetic in tenor. We now need to decide what we are going to do next. We have to look at both what comes under our mandate and what are the legalities involved... We are not going to give out the details of Salman Khan's reply now. We need to first go through it in detail, along with our lawyers. Only then will both his reply and what we are going to do next will be made public," she said.

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The reply was e-mailed to NCW through a lawyer last evening while the NCW notice was sent directly to the Bollywood actor to his residence. "The reply has come from his lawyer, which means it is a legal reply. So we can't just reply off the cuff," Kumaramangalam said.

The NCW chief had earlier said that if the actor did not give a satisfactory reply then he could be asked to appear before the Commission. Calling the comment "callous and condemnable", NCW had issued Salman a notice last week, giving him five days to reply, over a comment he made comparing himself with a raped woman when quizzed about the gruelling shoot for the movie "Sultan".

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So far, Salman’s father Salim Khan has apologized on his behalf, whereas his brother Arbaaz Khan tried to explain the actor’s comment. However, Salman has kept his lips sealed on the matter.

Recently, while leaving for Madrid, the actor was quizzed if he was sorry for what he said, to which the actor replied with a smirk and walked away. At the inauguration of the IIFA awards in Spain last week, Salman joked that he should talk less these days, as whatever he says gets misinterpreted.

(With inputs from PTI)