I was not driving, nor was I drunk : Salman on Mumbai hit-and-run case
One person was killed and four people were injured in the accident.
"Salman Khan has told the court that his driver was driving the car and he had not consumed alcohol," the public prosecutor told reporters.
Testifying in a Mumbai sessions court, the 49-year-old actor repeatedly denied that he was drunk and that he was driving his Toyota Land Cruiser at a high speed in the early hours of September 28, 2002.
He admitted that he sat behind the wheels, but claimed he did so only briefly while waiting for his other driver.
"My left door was jammed so I could not open it so I had to get out from the driver's side," Khan said.
He did not deny that he was at a bar before the accident but said he only drank water claiming that the bills made out for drinks as well as food, he said, were not his.
Khan also disputed accounts that he ran away after the accident to escape public wrath.
"I instructed the driver to inform the police. I remained at the spot for 15 minutes or more," he told the court.
The actor is being tried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison.
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