A court here has summoned Bollywood star Salman Khan and the Senior Inspector of Bandra police station to appear before it on December 27 to answer the charge of submitting false evidence in the 2002 case of hit-and-run in which one person was killed and four injured. The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bandra, served the summons acting on an application filed by social worker Santosh Daundkar.
Mr. Daundkar said the false information the police had submitted in the court delayed the case by four-five years.
What was more, in the intervening period, Mr. Khan gained an “enormous pecuniary benefit” through his business in films. The application said the police officers allegedly produced wrong medical officers instead of those who had examined the injured persons. The former IAS officer and advocate, Abha Singh, who is pursuing the matter along with Mr. Daundkar, said: “People while making allegations often say there is no point in pursuing cases in court because it leads to nothing. The summons issued by the court clearly shows that the belief of those people who make allegations and do not go to the court is wrong. Courts do produce results.”
On November 2, Ms. Singh’s husband and former IPS officer, Y.P. Singh, alleged for the first time that the police were hiding evidence against Mr. Khan. Thereafter, Mr. Daundkar moved the application.
