Sohail Khan’s driver kills woman in accident

A 70-year-old pavement dweller was crushed to death under Salman khan’s brother, Arbaaz Khan’s Land Cruiser car in Mumbai last night. The car was being driven by his brother Sohail Khan’s driver, Dhananjaya Pimpale. Neither of the actor’s brothers were in the car.

The driver had been arrested but was later released on bail for a surety of Rs. 10,000. The police said he had confessed that he lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a turn and hit the homeless elderly woman, Chandra Bala, who suddenly appeared in front of the car.

The accident happened at around 11 pm last night near the St Andrews Church in Bandra. Pimpale, 46, was alone in the car driving towards Arbaaz Khan’s home in Galaxy apartments. The police said they received a call at 11.30 pm from an eyewitness, reporting the accident. A medical report on his blood and urine samples is awaited. The driver has been arrested on various charges, including negligent driving and culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

An autorickshaw driver, who saw the accident happen last night alleged that the car hit the woman and then ran her over, but the driver didn’t stop. Another eyewitness said he and a constable rushed the victim to the Bhabha Hospital. “But no doctor was attending to her; half an hour was wasted there. They told us to take the woman out of the hospital,” he said. She was later declared dead at the hospital.

Ten years back, big brother, Salman Khan, had run his Land Cruiser (Mh 01 DA 32) over some pavement dwellers in Bandra, killing one and injuring three persons.