A Mumbai Court will begin the final arguments in the 2002 hit and run case involving actor Salman Khan from today.
The prosecution’s argument is likely to take at least a week.
Ashok Singh, Khan’s family driver, appeared before the court on Monday, claiming full responsibility for the accident in which one person died and four others were injured.
According to the prosecution, a Toyota Land Cruiser driven by Salman who was drunk rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra in the wee hours of September 28, 2002, running over the people sleeping outside.
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 (42), who appeared as a defence witness, corroborated Khan’s version completely.
Describing how the accident took place, Singh said: “A tyre burst and the car was dragged to the left….I tried to turn the steering wheel but it was hard, then I tried to apply brakes but by then the car had climbed the stairs of bakery.
“I was in a state of shock and Salman was sitting on the left side. He tried to open the door but it got jammed. He got down from my side which was on the right,” said Singh, replying to questions asked by Salman’s lawyer Shrikant Shivade.