2002 Hit-And-Run Case : Salman’s Driver Says, He was Driving the Car

30 March ,Mumbai,

Bollywood star Salman Khan’s family driver Ashok Singh Monday told the sessions court in Mumbai that it was he and not the actor who was driving at the time of the 2002 hit-and-run accident in which one person was killed and four others were injured.

Khan, charged by the police with ramming his Landcruiser into a bakery in suburban Bandra in a drunk state on September 28, 2002, had told the court last week that Singh was driving the car.

It was the first time he made this disclosure. Ashok Singh who on Monday appeared as a defence witness, corroborated Khan’s version completely.

Describing how the accident took place, Singh said that a tyre burst and the car was dragged to the left after which he tried to turn the steering wheel but it was hard, then he tried to apply brakes but by then the car had climbed the stairs of bakery.

He was in a state of shock and Salman was sitting on the left side. Replying to questions asked by Salman’s lawyer Shrikant Shivade Singh said that Salman tried to open the door but it got jammed therefore he got down from his side which was on the right.