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Salman Khan not in the car that hit a police constable
13th Nov 2007 09.00 IST
By Agencies

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was not inside the car driven by a Canadian model that rammed into a motorcycle, injuring a police constable and another man in Central Mumbai's Worli area, police said Monday.

Salman is already facing trial in connection with a hit-and-run case in September 2002 in which one person died.

Canadian girl Brook Lindsay Clark (26), who is working in Mumbai as a model, was arrested on the charge of rash and negligent driving.

Clark was driving a Maruti Swift car in the wee hours Sunday along with a companion when the car hit a motorcycle injuring two persons, including a police constable, at the Worli Naka in central Mumbai, police said.

Clark's friend Salman, who happened to be passing by, stopped at the accident spot on spotting her surrounded by a crowd on the road. This created a speculation that the actor was himself driving the vehicle, police said.

The police had earlier said they suspected Salman to be inside the vehicle driven by Clark as he was seen at the spot immediately after the incident but later clarified that it was one Kiran Kishore Chandiramani (aged around 25) who was with Clark.

"Clark knew Salman due to which she either called him up for help or else Salman would have been passing through the area and stopped. Clark was alone at the spot as Chandiramani had taken the two injured persons to a local hospital," said a senior police official.

"Going by the photographs (printed in a city tabloid today) it seems Salman was in the vehicle which met with an accident but my men at Worli have said he was not driving the vehicle as being speculated," Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) K L Prasad had said earlier.

According to the report earlier, a car with Salman in it hit a motorcycle on which a police constable was riding pillion and injured the latter.

A crowd gathered at the spot soon after and one among them also clicked photographs of Salman at the spot with his mobile phone.

Salman's lawyer Dipesh Mehta has said neither Salman nor his vehicle was involved in any accident. The report further quotes him saying, "Well, he must be travelling on the same road when he stepped in to help."

A senior police official said, "The people caught hold of the woman offender and we requested Salman to leave the spot immediately as the crowd was swelling as the news spread that Salman was at the spot. We wanted to concentrate on the accident and not waste our energy in crowd management."

He said the woman had an international driving license and the owner of the vehicle was her employer. He, however, did not give further details as to what the woman does.

Salman is an accused in a hit and run case wherein his SUV ran over pavement dwellers in suburban Bandra killing one and injuring four others in the wee hours of September 28, 2002.

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