Salman Khan's jeep runs over pavement dwellers, one dead; actor surrenders
Rediff Team in Mumbai
Film star Salman Khan, who ran his Land Cruiser (Mh 01 DA 32) over some pavement dwellers in Bandra, Mumbai, on Saturday morning surrendered before the Bandra police more than eight hours after the accident.
Salman was taken for medical tests while his lawyer Waris Pathan secured bail in the Bandra police station.
Earlier, in the early hours of Saturday, he drove his jeep over some people sleeping outside American Express Bakery on Hill Road junction in Bandra, Mumbai, killing one and causing serious injuries to three persons.
The name of the deceased is Noor Ullah Khan (38). The three injured persons have been admitted to the Bhabha hospital. One has been discharged after being treated for his injuries.
The deceased and the injured were employees of A1 Bakery and were sleeping outside American Express Bakery.
Witnesses said Salman's Land Cruiser was completely destroyed, and is at present parked in the Bandra police station.
At the time of the accident, Salman was returning from the J W Mariott Hotel in Juhu and heading for his home in Bandra. He was accompanied by singer Kamaal Khan and Ravindra Patil, a bodyguard provided by the Mumbai police recently after the actor had complained of threats from the underworld.
After the accident, people gathered at the spot and even beat up the actor, who fled from the spot along with Kamaal Khan.
Patil, however, filed a complaint with the police. He has told the police that Salman was indeed driving the jeep.
When police rushed to his house to question him, Salman slipped out through the back door, Assistant Inspector Nitin Yadav told rediff.com.
The actor has been booked for rash driving and causing death due to negligence under sections 304, 279 and 388 of the Indian Penal Code. Salman can bail under all these sections, ACP Subhash Jadhav told rediff.com.
The actor had been in the news recently for his stormy relationship with former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai.
In an interview, Aishwarya Rai had admitted that she and Salman had split up in March this year and that the actor was unable to come to terms with the breakup.
She had also alleged that Salman was hounding her and trying to cause himself injury whenever she refused to take his phone calls.
Recently when Aishwarya was shooting for a film, Salman had reportedly landed on the sets and insisted that she accompany him. When refused, he had created a ruckus forcing the director to call off the shooting.
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Beef up rash driving case against Salman
Rebecca Samervel | TNN
Mumbai: The prosecution filed an application in a local court to enhance the charges levelled against Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the 2002 rash driving case that left one person dead and injured four others.The matter will now be heard on March 22 and the defence will file its reply on that day.
Khan was taken into custody after he allegedly rammed his Land Cruiser into a bakery in the wee hours of September 28,2002,killing one person and injuring four others who were sleeping on the footpath outside the shop.
The actor is currently booked under Section 304 (A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for a rash and negligent act for which he could face a maximum punishment of two years imprisonment.According to the defence,the trial is in the final stages.
Khans laywer Shyam Marwadi stated that the prosecution filed an application and prayed to the court to levy Section 304 II of the IPC.Under the section,the case will be tried in the sessions court,for which the maximum punishment is 10 years in jail.
The police found that Khan was driving under the influence of alcohol.
The prosecution cited 64 witnesses in the case,many of whom have already deposed.Ravindra Patil,Khans police bodyguard,had stated that the actor was rash and negligent.Patil later changed his statement and said that the actor was drunk.He further said that he had asked the actor not to drink that night as it could prove dangerous while driving,but Salman did not pay heed to his advice.Patil died in 2007.
Earlier,the police had applied for enhancement of charges,which were framed accordingly.The Bombay high court quashed the order after Khan filed an application in court.The case was sent back to the magistrates court.The prosecution then moved the Supreme Court,which,in its order,stated that the magistrates court,which was hearing the case,should make the decision.
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