Shilpi Sharma, once the live-in partner of singer-actor Kamaal Khan, opened up to Mumbai Mirror about how the prime witness in the Salman Khan hit-and-run case vanished overnight, selling off the flat they shared and leaving her shattered. "He used to be disturbed about the case. He'd get agitated if I mentioned the hit-and-run case, so I never probed. I got to know him two years after the incident and the unspoken rule was that we'd never talk of it," the report quoted Shilpi. The two met in 2004 on the sets of Rahul Rawail's Jo Bole So Nihaal. The film marked the acting debut of both Kamaal and Shilpi, though he was already an established singer by then. "We were both starting our acting careers together and instantly connected. He was quite charming and I soon fell madly in love," reminisced Shilpi.

The former actress admitted that days before Kamaal disappeared, the fights had become frequent. "We fought but there was an attempt to maintain stability. But one day, late in 2008, I woke up to find that Kamaal was gone. I was shocked! It took me days, even months, to come to terms with the fact. I haven't been in a relationship since though my parents now insist that I should get married," said an emotional Shilpi. "Kamaal's sudden disappearance caused me great embarrassment since I'd given up film offers to be with him. Maybe he had reasons. In a weird way, it gave me closure but also shattered my faith in men and relationships," she admitted, insisting she hasn't followed the Salman Khan trial. "Kamaal's disappearance is as big a mystery to me as it is to anyone else. I hope he's living a happy life. I'm trying to," the report concluded quoting Shilpi.