Mumbai: A Mumbai court docket has despatched Mihir Shah, the primary accused within the Worli hit-and-run case, to police custody until July 16. After a rigourous search, Mihir Shah was arrested from Virar on Tuesday. Thereafter, he was dropped at Sewri court docket in Mumbai on Wednesday. Shah had been absconding after the automobile he was allegedly driving hit a scooter on Dr Annie Besant Street in Worli on Sunday, July 7.
After ramming the couple on a scooter along with his BMW, Mihir Shah spoke to his girlfriend 40 instances earlier than abandoning the automobile. Police stated the girlfriend could now be detained for questioning. Fourteen groups have been shaped by Mumbai police to nab him. Police arrested Rajrishi Singh Bidawat and Mihir’s father, Rajesh Shah, for his or her alleged involvement within the case. Following the tragic incident, the deceased lady’s husband, Pradeep Nakhwa, questioned the delay within the arrest of the accused and alleged that he dragged his spouse from Ceejay Home to Sea Hyperlink Street.
“It was because of ‘politics’ and the accused wouldn’t be arrested till the Vidhan Sabha session ends,” Nakhwa had claimed. He additionally alleged that the delay within the arrest was as a result of the accused was the son of a political chief.
In an unique interview with ANI, Nakhwa stated, “We have been on our day by day routine, as we’re fishermen, and as a part of our day by day routine, on Sunday at four am, we have been returning by means of the Peddar Street from the fish hatchery after shopping for fish. We have been using slowly at a velocity of 35-40 km/hr on the facet of the highway. Out of the blue, a automobile at excessive velocity got here and hit us; we did not even understand how briskly it was. We flew into the air and dropped on his automobile’s bonnet.”
“When he utilized the brake, I fell on the left facet of the highway whereas my spouse got here beneath the wheels of his automobile. He did not cease after that; I attempted to cease him, however he did not and dragged her from Ceejay Home to Sea Hyperlink Street. There was smoke from the wheels when he was dragging my spouse. After the incident, he fled from the spot,” stated Nakhwa.
In keeping with Mumbai police, the 45-year-old sufferer was a resident of Worli Koliwada. Her husband was using the scooter whereas she was using the pillion. The husband additionally sustained accidents within the incident. “The couple was returning dwelling after shopping for fish when the scooter they have been using on was hit by the posh automobile. Each of them sustained accidents, and the lady died throughout remedy,” police added.
Police additionally stated that the posh automobile belonged to a frontrunner of a political get together based mostly in Maharashtra’s Palghar. The incident in Worli follows lower than two months after the Pune case through which a luxurious automobile allegedly pushed by a 17-year-old youth, who was allegedly inebriated, rammed into a bike, ensuing within the deaths of two software program engineers in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar space within the early hours of Could 19.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed his ‘alarm’ on the ‘rise in hit-and-run incidents’ within the state on Monday and stated that he has directed the police to take strict motion towards such circumstances, including that the ‘responsible won’t be spared’. The Shiv Sena additionally eliminated Rajesh Shah the daddy of the accused from the get together following his arrest.
