Mumbai: Salman Khan’s 2002 hit and run case took an interesting turn on Saturday. Amit Desai, lawyer of Salman Khanin the High Court of Bombay argued that the victim died when the vehicle came crashing down on him when it was being lifted by a crane and not because of car running over him.
Mr. Desai alleged that the victim, Narullah Mehboob Sharif died when the bumper detached after the car was being lifted by a crane. The trial court had not considered this argument.
“It was not a frontal hit… the left side has scratched the shutter. Thereafter, to help out those who were lying underneath the car, a crane was brought according to the evidence given by prosecution witness 26,” police inspector Rajendra Kadam, the lawyer argued.
He added that the prosecution witness 11 has told the court that he and victim was crying for help until the car was lifted. He said that this statement proves that Narullah was alive after the mishap and it also proves that it was not a frontal hit as the bumper was intact and then the rescue operation began and the crane was called.
The lawyer also showed the bumper of the car which was placed as a piece of evidence to the court and said that had it been a frontal hit, the bumper would have been completely damaged. He then showed the damage on the right side of the bumper.
The lawyer also stated and pointed that there was no blood stains on the victim’s pillows and bedsheet. Mr. Desai also added that the post-mortem report showed that only the head but the upper part of the abdomen of the victim was crushed and this happened after the crane’s hook slipped away from the car and it came crashing down on the victim.
