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Salman Khan's jeep runs over pavement dwellers, one dead; actor surrenders

Film star Salman Khan, who ran his Land Cruiser (Mh 01 DA 32) over some pavement dwellers in Bandra, Mumbai, on Saturday morning surrendered before the Bandra police more than eight hours after the accident.

Salman was taken for medical tests while his lawyer Waris Pathan secured bail in the Bandra police station.

Earlier, in the early hours of Saturday, he drove his jeep over some people sleeping outside American Express Bakery on Hill Road junction in Bandra, Mumbai, killing one and causing serious injuries to three persons.

The name of the deceased is Noor Ullah Khan (38). The three injured persons have been admitted to the Bhabha hospital. One has been discharged after being treated for his injuries.

The deceased and the injured were employees of A1 Bakery and were sleeping outside American Express Bakery.

Witnesses said Salman's Land Cruiser was completely destroyed, and is at present parked in the Bandra police station.

At the time of the accident, Salman was returning from the J W Mariott Hotel in Juhu and heading for his home in Bandra. He was accompanied by singer Kamaal Khan and Ravindra Patil, a bodyguard provided by the Mumbai police recently after the actor had complained of threats from the underworld.

After the accident, people gathered at the spot and even beat up the actor, who fled from the spot along with Kamaal Khan.

Patil, however, filed a complaint with the police. He has told the police that Salman was indeed driving the jeep.

When police rushed to his house to question him, Salman slipped out through the back door, Assistant Inspector Nitin Yadav told rediff.com.

The actor has been booked for rash driving and causing death due to negligence under sections 304, 279 and 388 of the Indian Penal Code. Salman can bail under all these sections, ACP Subhash Jadhav told rediff.com.

The actor had been in the news recently for his stormy relationship with former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai.

In an interview, Aishwarya Rai had admitted that she and Salman had split up in March this year and that the actor was unable to come to terms with the breakup.

She had also alleged that Salman was hounding her and trying to cause himself injury whenever she refused to take his phone calls.

Recently when Aishwarya was shooting for a film, Salman had reportedly landed on the sets and insisted that she accompany him. When refused, he had created a ruckus forcing the director to call off the shooting.

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