Actor's car hits a police motorcycle, injuring a cop. While the police case records a Canadian model to be driving the car at the time of the accident, an eyewitness says that it's unlikely
| | | | | Pictures taken by an eye-witness from his mobile phone show Salman at the accident spot | Apparently Salman Khan just cannot steer clear of trouble. The car in which the actor was travelling early yesterday morning collided with a motorcycle at Worli junction, injuring a policeman, at around 3 am.
The constable was admitted to Nair Hospital with a broken limb, and has now been discharged.
The Worli police booked a case against Canadian model 'Broke Stevan Clark' (according to the police records), who was later granted bail. Clark was said to be driving the car when it collided with the motorcycle.
However, Khan's advocate Dipesh Mehta denied the incident early this morning, "Neither Salman nor his car were involved in the accident. These are just rumours," said Mehta.
When told this paper had exclusive pictues which showed Salman at the scene of the accident, Mehta said, "Well, he must be travelling on the same road when he stepped in to help. Salman is known to always help whenever he sees an accident."
'Salman tried to escape' | | | Pictures taken by an eye-witness from his mobile phone show Salman at the accident spot | However, contrary to the police and Mehta's versions, an eyewitness, Jaffarbhai, told MiD DAY, "The woman (Broke) was not behind the wheels at the time of the incident. And Salman tried to escape from the scene of crime."
The eyewitness account corroborates what constable Rajendra Pathare said.
Pathare, who was on night shift, told MiD DAY that Salman tried to escape from the scene. "But I prevented him from doing so until my seniors arrived," Pathare said.
Worli police officials said a mob had gathered to attack the actor and the model, but they arrived before that.
Jaffarbhai said he dialed the police emergency number 100 and the cops arrived within minutes. Police records indicate Salman and Broke were in a Swift car (MH01 VA 2039), heading south.
Constable Santosh Dalvi was riding pillion on a motorcycle (MH01 EA 1631) with Yadav from Mahalaxmi, towards the police quarters, when the accident took place at Worli Junction.
Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) K L Prasad said he was "having the matter looked into". Salman and actor Jackie Shroff were at the Worli police station, during the formalities.
| Blast From The Past
| Salman has been accused of crashing his Toyota Land Cruiser into a bakery at Bandra, killing one and injuring four, in 2002.
| ...meanwhile, Afridi rues his run-in
| | Majid Bhatti
sports@mid-day.com | | Gambhir Samasya: A war of words erupted between Afridi and Gambhir yesterday.
PIC/SURESH k k | KANPUR: Pakistan's Shahid Afridi apologised to India batsman Gautam Gambhir for the on-field altercation that scarred the first half of the third One-Day International at Green Park yesterday.
A war of words spiced with some arm raising took place when Gambhir straight drove Afridi.
"It happened in the heat of the moment. I realised it was my fault and I apologised to him," Afridi said after India won the match by 46 runs.
"It was such a high tension match! The Indian batsmen were dominating our bowlers, which was frustrating me. I don't know whether I was in the way while he was taking a run."
There's always some level of heat when these teams lock horns. Is gamesmanship part of strategy? Afridi shot back, "Not at all. It wasn't planned or anything. It just happened."
Before the start of the series, Afridi stressed that he got along well with his opponents. "I have good relations with all of them. I don't think I'll have any problem on the field," he said.
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