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Hit-and-run: Cop who took Salman Khan's blood sample to lab deposes

As part of the ongoing trial in the Salman Khan hit-and-run case, the prosecution on Friday examined a constable (police naik) who had taken the actor's blood sample from the Bandra police station to the forensic science laboratory to get the percentage of alcohol in it verified in September 2002.

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As part of the ongoing trial in the Salman Khan hit-and-run case, the prosecution on Friday examined a constable (police naik) who had taken the actor's blood sample from the Bandra police station to the forensic science laboratory to get the percentage of alcohol in it verified in September 2002.

The witness, in his statement, said the investigating officer (IO) in the case had given him the vials containing the actor's blood, which he had taken to the lab. The defence, however, claimed that there were contradictions in the witness's statements recorded before the magistrate court and then the sessions court.

The 57-year-old constable, who entered the witness box around 1.30pm, was first examined by the prosecution. He claimed that on September 30, 2002, IO Rajendra Kadam had given him two sealed bottles and a letter and directed him to hand it all over to the chemical analyser at the Kalina lab.

"I did as directed and took an acknowledgment in writing. Later, I handed over the acknowledgment letter to the IO," said the witness, answering the questions put to him by the prosecution.

While answering the questions raised by the defence, the witness claimed that the IO had given him two envelopes, both of same size, but one had a letter in it and the other had the vials. When the defence advocate asked him if he, in his statement recorded before the magistrate, had said that the IO had handed over one sealed envelope and two sealed bottles, the witness answered in the negative. When asked why then did such a statement come to be recorded, the witness said he was unaware of the reason.

The witness also refuted the defence's claim that the blood sample vials that he had taken to the lab were not sealed.

The defence, after cross-examining the witness, said the entire evidence appears manufactured by the IO against the accused and that the witness is not deposing the fact before the court. The witness, however, refused to accept the statements made by the defence, saying they were wrong.

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