Date:12/05/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/12/stories/2007051203671300.htm

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Domestic help: I saw Pravin trying to shoot Pramod

Staff Reporter

MUMBAI: In the Pramod Mahajan murder trial, Mahesh Wankhede, domestic help, on Friday told a court that he saw the accused Pravin Mahajan trying to shoot his brother in his house here on April 22, 2006.

When Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam started examining him, Wankhede told additional sessions judge S.P. Davare that he heard the firing of shots and saw an injured Pramod Mahajan. He said he saw Pravin trying to fire at Pramod Mahajan. He also identified Pravin in the court. Mr. Nikam said Wankhede was an important prosecution witness and his statement supported the statement given by Rekha Mahajan earlier.