The
prosecution
in
the
2002
Salman
Khan
accident
case
reiterated
its
stand
that
the
Bollywood
actor,
and
not
his
driver
Ashok
Singh,
was
driving
the
vehicle
when
it
ran
over
sleeping
pavement-dwellers,
killing
one
man,
in
its
written
submissions
in
the
ongoing
final
arguments.
Public
prosecutor
Pradeep
Gharat
said
that
Salman
was
the
wheels
of
the
Toyoto
Land
Crusider
and
not
his
driver
Singh
as
subsequently
claimed.
He
also
termed
Singh
"a
dummy
witness" who
had
lied
under
oath,
in
the
written
submissions
of
the
final
arguments
which
the
prosecution
conlcluded
last
week
before
Additional
Sessions
Judge
D.W.
Deshpande.
On
Friday,
defence
counsel
Shrikant
Shivade
commenced
his
side
of
the
final
arguments
which
will
resume
again
from
this
Wednesday.
Salman,
who
the
prosecution
has
contended
was
drunk
and
driving,
crashed
the
SUV
early
hours
of
September
28,
2002,
into
the
American
Express
Bakery
in
Bandra
west,
killing
one
pavement
dweller
and
injuring
four
others.
Gharat
said
that
witnesses
have
testified
before
the
court
that
they
had
seen
Salman
getting
off
the
driver's
seat,
but
nobody
had
seen
Singh
behind
the
wheel.
Rejecting
the
defence
theory
of
Singh's
presence
at
the
time
of
the
accident,
Gharat
pointed
out
there
were
only
three
people
inside
the
vehicle
-
Salman,
his
friend
Kamaal
Khan
and
police
bodyguard,
the
late
Ravindra
Patil.
"Ashok
Singh
is
a
liar.
I
pray
that
action
may
be
taken
against
him
for
perjury.
He
is
a
stooge
and
dummy
witness," Gharat
said
in
the
30-page
written
arguments
submitted
to
the
court.