Perhaps it’s their desire to have some of that stardust rub off on them, but cops have always been lenient — to the point of making their sycophancy evident — when it comes to dealing with Bollywood stars or politicians found on the wrong side of the law.

Salman Khan is not the only celebrity that the cops have taken time to ‘find ’and summon to the law courts. When Saif Ali Khan got into scuffle with an NRI at a five-star hotel in south Mumbai, he remained untraceable throughout the day, and was arrested from his lawyer’s office at Nariman Point only after his bail plea was ready. He was let off on bail within 90 minutes of the arrest. And we all remember how the Shahrukh Khan-Shirsh Kunder slapgate was hushed up to save the superstar some embarrassment.