‘We will get Salman Khan and Amrita Arora arrested’

The Catholic Secular Forum is demanding an apology from the actors for “hurting the sentiments of Christians”

An apparently innocent revelation by actor Amrita Arora to certain sections of the media on Sunday has sparked off yet another religious controversy. Amrita had mentioned that her in-law of sorts and pal Salman Khan would be gifting her a painting to adorn the walls of her new Bandra pad.

The work, she said, would be of ‘The Last Supper’ but with a difference….Jesus and the 13 apostles would be replaced by Amrita’s family members!

This seemingly friendly gesture has, however, outraged the Catholic Secular Forum (CSF). John Dias, general secretary of the forum says, “We were expecting a denial or an apology, but since both are not forthcoming we are planning to lodge an FIR against them at the Bandra police station in a day or two.

AR Antulay (the Union Minister for Minorities) has asked us to hold on for two days. He has promised to talk to Soniaji (Gandhi) and the PM (Manmohan Singh) regarding this.”

Dias says if the actors had spoken to them they could have solved the issue earlier. “Hundreds of Catholics are asking us to take immediate action against them. We’ll stage a morcha in front of Amrita’s house soon. We’ll get Salman and Amrita arrested,” he says.

The Forum is now expecting more than a mere apology. “We want them to go the police commissioner’s office and apologise publicly through a press conference,” Dias says. The Forum had earlier raised an issue against the release of Dan Brown’s ‘Da Vinci Code’ in Mumbai.

Salman Khan and Amrita Arora were unavailable for comment.

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