‘Salman Khan’ Stopped for Driving Amitabh Bachchan’s Car
Karnataka Transport department officials on Sunday stumbled upon a Rolls Royce Phantom, which was earlier owned by Amitabh Bachchan.
Karnataka Transport Department conducted a special raid against luxury cars and seized seven vehicles for non-payment of taxes and not carrying relevant documents. One of the vehicles was a Rolls Royce Phantom. The Rolls-Royce Phantom car bearing a Maharashtra registration number was stopped for checking. The driver, who introduced himself as Salman Khan. When Khan produced the documents, it was found that the car was in the name of bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. According to Khan, his father had purchased the car from Big B but the name on the car documents had not been changed, though it had been bought in 2019. As per rules, vehicles with registration numbers of other states cannot drive around beyond 11 months from the date of change of ownership.
Officials have told Khan to produce all the documents of the car immediately otherwise strict action will be taken against him. An interesting fact is that the car was gifted to Big B by filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra for the success of the film ‘Eklavya’ in 2007. Social media erupted with the news as people thought the real Salman Khan was stopped for driving Bachchan’s car. Currently the real Salman Khan is in Russia shooting for the film Tiger 3 with ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif. Whereas Amitabh Bachchan & daughter Shweta Bachchan Nanda visited Abhishek Bachchan at Lilavati Hospital on Raksha Bandhan as the Junior Bachan had suffered a hand injury during a shoot.
