Salman disowns statements to cops

MUMBAI: Salman Khan, film actor and witness in a case of alleged Bollywood nexus with the underworld, on Wednesday informed a special court that his statements recorded by the police allegedly did not bear his signature and were also not read out to him.He was answering questions put to him by defence lawyer Majeed Memon during cross-examination.
The actor had on Tuesday resiled from his statements recorded by the police on December 16, 2000 and February 25, 2001.
"The police had called me to give statements twice. I was answering their questions and they were typing my replies on a computer. As the computer screen was far away I could not read what was being typed," Salman told designated judge A P Bhangale.
The actor disowned his statement in which he had told the police that Shakeel had called him on his cell phone and that producer Nasim Rizvi and his assistant Abdul Rahim Allah Baksh had come to his house where he picked up a fight with them over the signing amount of the film .
Salman also refuted allegation that absconding accused Anjum Adam Ajlani had intervened to calm him down. He also resiled from his statement in which he had said that Abu Salem had threatened him to act in his films or face consequences.
According to the police, Abdul Rahim and Anjum were front men of gangster Shakeel. Abdul Rahim and Rizvi are accused in the case and charged with forging links with Shakeel to target film personalities for financial gains.
The police alleged was produced by Rizvi and financed by Bharat Shah at Shakeel''s behest.