INDIA: Bollywood actor Sohail Khan's car runs over and kills elderly woman in Mumbai

Record ID: 1383228

  • Title: INDIA: Bollywood actor Sohail Khan's car runs over and kills elderly woman in Mumbai
  • Date: 2nd July 2012
  • Summary: MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA (JULY 01, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC) (NIGHT SHOTS) EXTERIOR OF BANDRA POLICE STATION A CAR PARKED NUMBER PLATE OF THE CAR READING 'MH 06 W 540' SCUFF ON THE CAR SCRATCHES ON THE BUMPER OF THE CAR BLOOD STAINS ON THE SPOT BLOOD MARKS ON THE ROAD BLOOD STAINS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) AN EYEWITNESS, TANVIR BEG, SAYING: "I do not know the exact time when this incident took place. While I was carrying passengers, I saw crowd of people and I saw a woman lying injured. I asked the people and they said Sohail Khan's car passed by and crushed the woman to death. I left the place as the passengers said that they were getting late. I just know that it was Sohail Khan's car." EXTERIOR OF A HOSPITAL BOARD READING 'K B BHABHA HOSPITAL BANDRA (W) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) ANOTHER EYEWITNESS, SATISH KUMAR, SAYING: "I saw a woman lying on the road and the people said that she was mow to death by Sohail Khan's car. I do know the time when this happened. The woman was around 60 years. The police came and left the spot. The car was not there." A CAR PARKED SCRATCHES ON THE CAR BOARD READING 'BANDRA POLICE STATION' CAR PARKED
  • Embargoed: 16th July 2012 10:12
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  • Location: India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVAK11AQ4LLXQTNY1AQVTGUHHD2
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Bollywood actor Sohail Khan's car mowed down a 60 year old woman to death on Sunday (July 01) in Mumbai city of India's western Maharashtra.
    The victim, Chandra Bala, was run over by a Lexus car with registration number - MH 06 W 540, owned by elder brother, Arbaaz Khan in Bandra between 11:30 pm to 12:00 pm.
    According to media reports, the actor was not present in the car when the accident took place.
    An eyewitness said that the elderly woman was crushed to death by Sohail Khan's car.
    "I do not know the exact time when this incident took place. While I was carrying passengers, I saw crowd of people and I saw a woman lying injured. I asked the people and they said Sohail Khan's car passed by and crushed the woman to death. I left the place as the passengers said that they were getting late. I just know that it was Sohail Khan's car," said an eyewitness, Tanvir Beg.
    Onlookers also said that the car fled from the spot after the accident.
    "I saw a woman lying on the road and the people said that she was mow to death by Sohail Khan's car. I do know the time when this happened. The woman was around 60 years. The police came and left the spot. The car was not there," said another eyewitness, Satish Kumar.
    The victim was taken to K B Bhabha Hospital in Bandra but she was declared dead by the hospital authorities.
    The Mumbai Police has arrested the driver Dhananjay Pimpale for rash driving and a case has been registered against him.
    In similar incident in 2002, Salman Khan's car ran over pavement dwellers in Mumbai, killing one and injuring three others. A case was registered against the actor for rash driving.
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