Daijiworld Media Network-Mumbai (RJP)
Mumbai, May 7: It is big news throughout the world now that Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been convicted in a 2002 hit- and- run case in which one person was killed and four were injured. The first witness of this case and also a crucial witness Sambagowda hails from Karnataka.
Sambagowda had a tea shop near the pavement of American Express bakery, the spot where the accident had taken place on Hill Road, Bandra West in Mumbai.
Sambagowda was present when the accident took place and his witness helped in the conviction of the Bollywood actor.
As per Sambagowda’s statement to the police and as per his testimony later in the court, Sambagowda had narrated how the accident had taken place.
Sambagowda had said that the car which came to the footpath in high speed killed a person and injured four who were sleeping on the foot path. The car had rammed into the tea stall belonging to Sambagowda also. The tea stall was totally damaged.
The police who came later collected crucial evidence from the site which also Sambagowda witnessed. He told the court that he could identify easily all the materials and evidences connected to the accident.
Sambagowda’s role in the conviction of Salman Khan was so important that it seems without him the case would not have reached so far.