Abhijeet and Farah face Twitterati ire

After the court verdict in the Salman Khan hit-and-run case on Wednesday, singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya tweeted that roads are meant for cars and dogs and not for people to sleep on – thus drawing intense flak. He is now defending the comments saying they were not meant to show disrespect for the homeless.

The singer shared a series of tweets after Additional Sessions Judge DW Deshpande -- declaring Salman guilty in the 2002 case – sentenced the Bollywood actor to five years in jail. "Kutta rd pe soyega kutte ki maut marega, roads garib ke baap ki nahi hai (If a dog sleeps on the road, he'll die a dog's death. Roads are not poor people's property) I ws homles an year nvr slept on rd @BeingSalmanKhan @sonakshisinha (sic)," Abhijeet tweeted.

Adding: "Roads are meant for cars and dogs not for people sleeping on them.. @BeingSalmanKhan is not at fault at all...@arbaazSkhan @sonakshisinha". Jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali too expressed her opinion on the micro-blogging site by tweeting: “The govt should be responsible for housing ppl.If no 1was sleeping on d road in any other country Salman wuld not have driven over anybody.

It's like penalising a train driver because someone decided to cross the tracks and got killed in the bargain. #salmankhancase" Both the tweets stormed social media and people started denouncing Abhijeet and Farah. There were other celebrities too who shared their concern towards Salman and some of them includes Preity Zinta, Sushmita Sen and Ameesha Patel.