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Bombay, Sunday (AFP)

Bollywood star Salman Khan surrendered to police after he allegedly lost control of his car and drove into four people sleeping on the pavement, killing one of them.

The Indian heartthrob's Toyota Land Cruiser drove off the road in Bombay's upscale Bandra district at around 3:00 am (2130 GMT Friday), a police spokesman said. "Khan was driving the car. One person died on the spot and the injured have been admitted to the hospital," the spokesman said.

After the accident, Khan left the scene but his police bodyguard went to the Bandra police station and lodged a complaint which said the actor was driving "rashly", the spokesman added.

Khan later surrendered at the Bandra police station where he was arrested and taken to a hospital to test for traces of alcohol in his blood, officials said.

A city court released him on bail.

Khan, 36, has appeared in dozens of films, mostly starring as a romantic hero. Known for his off-camera fits of anger, Khan is famous - or notorious - for appearing topless to provide the audience with a full view of his muscular body.

Khan was recently in the news after he sought police protection following threats from the Indian underworld, which is notorious for extorting the nation's film industry. Khan and fellow actor Chunkey Pandey also appeared in a Bombay court late last year as witnesses in the long-running case relating to the 1997 murder of film producer Gulshan Kumar.

Kumar, a well known film producer, was murdered in broad daylight, allegedly by underworld gangster Abu Salem, the alleged mastermind of 1993 bombings in Bombay who was caught earlier this month in Portugal.

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