Popular Indian film actor and producer, Salman Khan is one of the most commercially successful actors of Hindi cinema also known as Bollywood. He was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for killing a homeless man in a hit-and-run in Mumbai in 2002.
He hit 5 homeless people, killing one and injuring 3 of them. Prosecutors said he was drunk at the time of the crash and had just left a bar
Khan had said his driver was behind the wheel, which the driver supported in court last month that he had been the one behind the wheels and that the accident occurred after a tyre burst but a judge in Mumbai court ruled that Salman was the one driving the car and was under the influence of alcohol at the time and not his driver after someone in his security team contradicted his driver’s claims.
Salman’s lawyers said they plan to appeal the sentence as his family had immediately gone to a Mumbai high court to seek bail. Meaning we should sit back and be ready for a long case in court which might roll into years.
The prosecution is now set to move a perjury application against Salman Khan’s driver for giving false testimony in court.
Salman Khan is currently on a set of a new movie which he had to leave midway to attend the court hearing. The movie will have to be put on hold since he’s in custody. The 49 years old actor who has featured in over 80 Indian movies is said to be worth about $40million.
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