Probe assault complaint filed against Salman: Court asks cops

Mumbai, Apr 7: A local court has directed the city police to probe a complaint of assault filed against Bollywood actor Salman Khan by an activist.

"Concerned police officer of Airport Police Station is hereby directed to investigate the matter and file their report at the earliest," observed Magistrate A D Lokhande in a recently passed order. Complainant Ravindra Dwivedi, in his complaint alleged that in November last year he was to board a flight when Salman Khan and others started abusing him and assaulted him.

Dwivedi alleged that Khan instructed his body guards to assault him and snatch all the documents in his possession. "They snatched all the important case papers relating to the death of senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde from my possession," Dwivedi said in his complaint.

The Magistrate observed that there were sufficient circumstances to send the matter for investigation to police.

PTI