Hit and run case: Waiter identifies Salman Khan

Mumbai: A bar waiter on Monday identified actor Salman Khan in a court saying he had come along with his friends in a group to have drinks in a five-star hotel on the same night, hours before Khan allegedly ran his car over people sleeping on a footpath in suburban Bandra, 12 years ago.

The waiter, Molay Baug, told the judge that he had served cocktails and Bacardi (White Rum) to the group who had come along with Khan to 'Zen Bar' in J W Marriot Hotel, but could not remember whether the actor had consumed drinks because of the dim light.

The prosecution examined the witness to show the court that the actor had consumed drinks before meeting with an accident on the ill-fated day.

To another question, the witness said it would be difficult for him to say whether everyone in the group had consumed alcoholic drinks.

Another witness, Laxman More, a police constable who was on duty to give protection to Salman's brother Sohail Khan, said at 3 am, a man came running to them and informed that Salman had met with an accident nearby. He rushed to the spot with the man in his car, but didnot find Salman at the accident spot. They waited there for two to three minutes, the witness said. Khan, attired in a grey shirt and blue denims, was in the dock on Monday. His sisters Alvira and Arpita were also present. Altogether six witnesses have so far deposed in the re-trial, which would continue on Tuesday.