MUMBAI, Oct 21: An Indian court on Monday ordered that Bollywood movie star Salman Khan remain in custody for 10 more days after police charged him with culpable homicide in connection with a car accident in which one person was killed.

Police held Khan two weeks ago on suspicion of culpable homicide in connection with an incident last month when a car ran over bakery workers sleeping on a pavement in the city, killing one and injuring four.

Hundreds of people waited for more than four hours outside the court where Khan, clean-shaven and clad in blue jeans, was brought from a prison on the outskirts of the city.

Khan, 37, has thousands of Indian fans all over the world. He shot to fame several years ago for his tough-guy roles, bare-chested dancing and slapstick antics on screen.

“The charge sheet also shows charges under section 304 part two...along with other sections,” magistrate S.Y. Shisode said in court, adding he was rejecting the actor’s application for bail.

The offence relates to culpable homicide not amounting to murder and is non-bailable and carries a maximum 10-year prison term.

Khan was remanded to a further 10 days in jail as his family and friends sat huddled together in the packed courtroom.

Shisode granted the defence lawyer’s plea to let the star meet his family, including his parents and brother Arbaaz Khan for about 20 minutes in a separate room on the court premises. The brother is also an actor in the Bombay movie industry, known as Bollywood.

A friend of the family said: “Salman is naturally feeling very low. But he is allowed to get food and clothes from home.”

The friend said the actor was allowed to meet just one visitor each day in prison.

As the magistrate pronounced his verdict denying bail, tears welled in the eyes of his step-mother Helen, a former Bollywood actress who drove fans wild with her sizzling dances in the 1960s.—Reuters