Kaveri Nakva and husband Pradik Nakva have been on the scooter that the BMW crashed into.
Mumbai:
The dashing BMW that hit a scooter in Mumbai’s Worli this morning, resulting in a lady’s dying, was being pushed by the 24-year-old son of a senior chief of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, police have mentioned. The police additionally suspect that Mihir Shah, who’s on the run, was drunk on the time of the incident. His blood take a look at report is awaited.
The accused is the son of Rajesh Shah, deputy chief of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra’s Palghar district. The politician and his driver, Rajendra Singh Bijawat, have been arrested within the night for not cooperating with the police, amongst different fees, and might be produced in court docket tomorrow.
A case has been registered underneath the brand new felony code Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita underneath sections regarding culpable murder not amounting to homicide, rash driving and destruction of proof, amongst others. Provisions of the Motor Automobiles Act have additionally been invoked.
The car is registered in Mihir Shah’s title. On the time of the accident, police mentioned, the Sena chief’s son and their driver have been within the luxurious automotive. In keeping with police sources, Mihir Shah drank at a bar in Juhu final evening. On his manner residence, he requested the motive force to take him for a protracted drive. The automotive got here to Worli after which Mihir insisted that he would drive. Quickly after he took the wheel, the dashing BMW hit a scooter.
On the scooter have been Kaveri Nakva and her husband Pradik Nakva, residents of Worli’s Koliwada space. The fish-seller couple went to Sassoon Dock every day to fetch fish. They have been on their manner again, when the BMW crashed into their two-wheeler. The 2 have been thrown into the air and crashed on the bonnet of the SUV. Because the automotive stored dashing, Kaveri Nakva was run over. The automotive fled the spot and the lady was taken to a hospital, the place she was declared useless. Her husband, Pradik, suffered minor accidents.
Police sources have mentioned Mihir known as his father and advised him in regards to the crash. His cellphone has been off since then. 4 police groups are in search of him.
The police’s investigation has additionally revealed makes an attempt to destroy proof. The automotive’s windshield has a Shiv Sena sticker, which has been scratched, apparently to hide the car’s hyperlink with the Sena chief. One of many automotive’s quantity plates was additionally eliminated after the accident, however police scanned the CCTV footage of the world to zero in on the car.
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Sena Chief Eknath Shinde has termed the incident “unlucky” and guaranteed motion. “Legislation will take its personal course, everyone seems to be equal earlier than legislation. I’ve spoken to the police and strict motion might be taken,” he mentioned.
The incident comes months after an identical case of drink-driving left two 24-year-old engineers useless in Pune. The minor accused within the Pune crash was dashing a Porsche automotive after a spherical of ingesting. The teenager’s father, a distinguished realtor, his mom and his grandfather have been arrested within the aftermath of the accident for allegedly making an attempt to destroy proof.