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What prosecution says in Salman's Hit-n-run case?

Hit-n-run case: Salman Khan was driving the car, says prosecution

Contesting Bollywood actor Salman Khan's defence that his driver was driving the Toyota Land Cruiser at the time of the 2002 hit-and-run mishap,prosecution today asserted before the trial court that the superstar was very much behind the wheel. Driver Ashok Singh was a stooge and dummy witness and had lied on oath that he was behind the wheel, the prosecution said. "Witness have testified in the court that they had seen Salman Khan getting down from the driver's seat and no one had witnessed actor's family driver Ashok Singh behind the wheel," said special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat in written final arguments before Judge D W Deshpande. The case of the prosecution is that three persons were in the car- Salman Khan, his police bodyguard Ravindra Patil and singer friend Kamal Khan -which rammed into a bakery shop in suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002, killing one person and injuring four others who were sleeping outside.