Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's comments that 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon should not hang -- which he withdrew after widespread outrage -- have irked Mumbai jewellers, with some calling for a boycott of his movies on Tuesday.

The Mumbai Jewellers Association (MJA), which bore the brunt of the terror attacks in Zaveri Bazar, the national hub of gold and jewellery business, has taken umbrage at Khan's "sympathetic words for a bloodthirsty terrorist".