Salman Khan walks free, but over 6,000 people are killed by drunk drivers in India every year

Salman Khan—the popular Bollywood actor who had been earlier convicted of culpable homicide in a 13-year-old hit-and-run case—was acquitted today by the Bombay high court. In September 2002, Khan was accused of driving over a group of homeless people who were sleeping on a pavement in Bandra, Mumbai. “The appeal filed by Salman Salim Khan…