This Article is From May 06, 2014

Saw Salman Khan Getting Out of Driver's Side: 2002 Hit-&-Run Witness

Saw Salman Khan Getting Out of Driver's Side: 2002 Hit-&-Run Witness

The actor, dressed in jeans and a striped shirt, was in court today, accompanied by sisters Alvira and Arpita.

Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan was so drunk that he fell down, then got up and ran away from where his car ran over a group of people in Mumbai in 2002, testified a survivor in court today. One person died and four were injured in the accident.

Mr Khan, 47, was present for the hearing in a Mumbai court today.  

The witness, who was injured in the accident, said that he saw Mr Khan getting out from the driver's side of the Toyota Land Cruiser; the actor's lawyers have argued for nearly a decade that he was not at the wheel.

One of the witnesses who identified him in court has complained to the police that he received a threatening call two days ago. The court will take it up in the next hearing.

It was past 2 am when Mr Khan's car drove onto a payment in suburban Bandra and ran over a group of people sleeping on the road.

In December, a Mumbai court ordered a fresh trial for Mr Khan, who is accused now of culpable homicide in the hit-and-run case and faces upto 10 years in prison if convicted.

He originally faced lesser charges of rash and negligent driving.

In 1998, Mr Khan spent a few days in prison for killing blackbuck deer, an endangered species, in Rajasthan.
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