The Khan family was not paying any compensation to the 70-year-old woman who was killed by a Land Cruiser owned by Arbaaz Khan as she were disowned by her family, the filmmaker’s brother and Bollywood star Salman Khan said Monday.
“The accident happened by mistake. I spoke to my driver and he said when he was driving, he saw something like a black polythene bag at the road, nevertheless it was the girl who was completely in black. I'D request everyone to not sleep at the road,” Salman told reporters at their Galaxy apartment home in Bandra here.
“We aren't paying any compensation to the members of the family of the victim as we got to grasp that her family had disowned her,” he added.
The incident occurred around 11 p.m. Sunday near St. Andrew’s Church when the vehicle was headed towards the house of the Khans at Bandstand.
The woman have been identified as Chandra Bala, police said. She was rushed to the Bhabha Hospital by a police constable and a few autorickshaw drivers within the vicinity but died from her injuries.
Salman’s sibling Sohail Khan said that he was “shocked” when he came to understand concerning the accident.
“I was at home. I DIDN'T know what was happening. Only driver was there within the car. The auto was coming home they usually didn't know who the family was,” he told reporters.
Sohail also said that “the news have been hyped a lot”.
“Instead of that specialize in who was within the car, people should take care of the truth that a women died. I got to grasp about this incident after an hour. This accident happened by mistake,” he added. – IANS