Jodhpur Police have stated that they did have intelligence inputs about possible violence but failed to prevent escalation in the law and order situation.
Communal tension erupted in Jodhpur after a Muslim mob replaced Bhagwa flag with Islamic flag and pasted tape on the face of statue of Freedom Fighter Balmukund Bissa at Jalori Gate intersection.
In 1998, Salman Khan had hunted a blackbuck near the shooting location of his film Hum Saath Saath Hain. The nature loving Bishnoi community considers deer sacred.
Police officials and government sources have confirmed that the viral video is an unrelated incident. The victim in the video is not the late Lovi Sumi, a woman from Nagaland working in Jodhpur, who had recently committed suicide.