#CloseDownDNA: Angry Salman fans bash newspaper on Twitter for writing 'anti-bhai' article

Whoever said that ‘hell hath no fury as a woman’s scorn’ was clearly never attacked by Salman Khan’s fans on social media. Since Friday, the wrath of Salman Khan’s fans has been directed towards the newspaper DNA and the blows that the fans are doling out on Twitter are as mean (and ridiculous) as the punches that Khan packs onscreen.

If you are wondering what DNA did to suddenly irk Bhai’s fans, here is the full story. After the Peshawar school attack, in which 141 people (mostly children) were gunned down by terrorists, Salman Khan took to Twitter to condemn the attack, like many other B-town celebrities.  The actor wrote (and for once his tweets were legible) that taking innocent people’s life is like killing all of humanity and complained that jihad is today a “misused” word.

Read Khan’s tweets here:

To save 1 innocent life is to save entire humanity , to kill 1 innocent life is like killing entire humanity .

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) December 19, 2014

The most heinous crime is killing an innocent

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) December 19, 2014

Even wen at war u r nt supposed to harm children, women, old people, religious places and agriculture .

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) December 19, 2014

Vo hum mai se nahi jiske hath aur zubaan se log mehfooz nahi .

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) December 19, 2014

Jihad means struggle . Struggle to be good . Jihad is the most misused word today .

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) December 20, 2014

Logon ne fasad ko jihad bana diya.

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) December 20, 2014

Till when will innocent children pay the horrific price of extremism #PeshawarAttack #ThisIsNotIslam

— Rania Al Abdullah (@QueenRania) December 16, 2014

those who kill in the name of religion have not read the holy book .

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) December 20, 2014

While thousands retweeted the actor’s tweets, DNA  listed the court cases against him as well as the scandals that Khan has been involved in, adding that it was ironic that Khan was reacting so sharply to the killing of innocents.

While it doesn’t take DNA to tell the public that Khan is involved in two court cases —  a hit-and-run case where he allegedly killed one person and injured three, and a poaching case in which he is accused of killing two blackbucks and several chinkaras — the fact that DNA pointed these out when Khan was trying to talk about world peace didn’t go down well with fans. A barrage of angry tweets surfaced on Twitter and soon enough #CloseDownDNA was a trending hashtag:

Oh God! His Face ExpressiOns, his mUscles & That Bracelet!!
RIP Meeeeee @BeingSalmanKhan <33 #CloseDownDNA pic.twitter.com/3jQD66rGwW

— Sana❤ (@BeingSanaa) December 20, 2014

.@DNA if u Posted Tht Artical About #SK 4 Publicity .So dis Is Vry Bad.v r Can't Expect dis Type of News From Big News Paper #CloseDownDNA

— STOCK TO TRADE 🐂🐻 (@Stock_To_Trade) December 20, 2014

Where @dna is busy sabotaging his image @BeingSalmanKhan hardly gives a dam & must b busy helping some1 needful :) #difference #CloseDownDNA

— 👀 (@thatsindhigurl) December 20, 2014

Such unprofessional journalism cannot b tolerated.misleading headlines& a parade of false learning from d so-called experts. #CloseDownDNA

— sabina lamba (@SabinaLamba) December 20, 2014

While there is no denying the fact that Khan has had his fair share of scandals and controversies, the actor is still one of India’s most adored superstars. The anger against DNA on social media shows that Khan really can do no wrong  in the eyes of his fans and the delusions of grandeur that social media has created in many. The DNA website remains online, as does the article on Khan. Of course, what any of this has to do with killing of school children and others in Peshawar is a separate matter entirely.