Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Witness claims superstar was driving the car at the time of incident
There seems to be no respite for Salman Khan from the widely publicised hit-and-run case. The actor has been accused of ramming his car into a bakery in suburban Bandra (Mumbai) killing one person and injuring four others. Now, a witness has testified against Khan, stating that the actor was behind the wheels when the accident took place.
In the month of July, the case had been put on hold as important documents and original statements of the witness had gone missing. The case was again reopened on September once all the missing documents were recovered.
Previously, a liquor bar manager in Juhu had identified Salman Khan in a Mumbai court, saying the actor had come to the restaurant with friends on the night of the accident in 2002, but said he was not sure whether the Bollywood actor had taken drinks. Now with the latest development, with a witness testifying against Salman, it would be intriguing to see how this case proceeds.
Hit-and-run case: Key witness says Salman Khan was in SUV's driver's seat
Swati Deshpande,TNN | Oct 9, 2014, 02.36 PM IST
A attendant working at the Juhu restaurant was the first witness on Thursday on the stands in the trial. In his examination in chief by the public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat, he said he had seen Salman Khan sitting in the vehicle while it was stationary outside the restaurant before they left. He said he saw Khan's body guard standing outside on the right side of the vehicle and Kamal Khan sitting behind in the back seat behind the actor.
In the cross examination later by the actor's lawyer Shrikant Shivade who quizzed Kalpesh Verma, the witness, about the exact location of Kamal Khan, he said he was sitting in the backseat but on the left side of the vehicle.
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The actor was present in court and kept standing all through the trial proceedings at the back of the court room in which Justice D W Deshpande was presiding.
Salman Khan is on trial in the sessions court for having allegedly rammed his four-wheeler over people sleeping on a footpath.
Earlier in May a bar tender had identified the film star and reality TV show host as being present at the restaurant at the five-star hotel for drinks with a group of people on night of September 27-28, 2002. But he said he wasn't sure if the actor had any drink.
The actor is on trial in the sessions court for having allegedly rammed his four-wheeler over people sleeping on a footpath on Hill Road in Bandra (west) opposite a bakery killing one and injuring four others.
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