In Mumbai, Mihir Shah, the main accused in the BMW hit-and-run case and son of a Shiv Sena politician, was under the influence of alcohol when he allegedly crashed his luxury car into a two-wheeler, killing a woman. woman, a Mumbai Police official said on Thursday.
A police investigation team recreated the accident scene in the early hours of the day to obtain more information about the chain of events and also confronted Mihir Shah (24) with his family driver and co-accused Rajrishi Bidawat, who was in the car. at the time of the horrific accident in the Worli area of central Mumbai.
A woman, Kaveri Nakhwa (45), was killed and her husband Pradip injured after their two-wheeler was hit from the rear by a BMW allegedly driven by Mihir Shah at 5.30 am on Sunday on Anni Artery. Besant Road of Worli.
The investigation found that Mihir Shah sped towards Bandra Worli Sea Link even as the woman remained on the bonnet of the car and then got entangled in her wheels at a distance of more than 1.5 kilometres.
The main accused, who was arrested on Tuesday from Virar Phata in neighboring Palghar district,
He is in police custody till July 16 and is being interrogated by a team of Worli police, the official said.
"Our investigation has found that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. The crime scene in which the car collided with the two-wheeler and then dragged the victim was recreated to obtain more details," he explained. the official.
"Mihir Shah and his driver Bidawat were confronted to get more clarity about the incident," he added.
Mihir Shah, his father Rajesh Shah, a Shiv Sena politician from Palghar district, and his family's driver Bidawat have been named accused in the high-profile case. The accused have been registered under various sections, including 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
A Mumbai court granted bail to Rajesh Shah on Monday following his arrest.
In a related development, Bidawat was produced before chief metropolitan magistrate (Sewree court) S P Bhosale at the end of his police remand on Thursday and sent to 14-day judicial custody.
According to the police, after the accident, Bidawat swapped the driver's seat with Mihir Shah, allegedly on instructions from Rajesh Shah.
Police requested a further extension of his custody, saying the investigation into the case was still ongoing.
However, the court rejected the request for extension of police custody and sent the driver to jail.
A police investigation team recreated the accident scene in the early hours of the day to obtain more information about the chain of events and also confronted Mihir Shah (24) with his family driver and co-accused Rajrishi Bidawat, who was in the car. at the time of the horrific accident in the Worli area of central Mumbai.
A woman, Kaveri Nakhwa (45), was killed and her husband Pradip injured after their two-wheeler was hit from the rear by a BMW allegedly driven by Mihir Shah at 5.30 am on Sunday on Anni Artery. Besant Road of Worli.
The investigation found that Mihir Shah sped towards Bandra Worli Sea Link even as the woman remained on the bonnet of the car and then got entangled in her wheels at a distance of more than 1.5 kilometres.
The main accused, who was arrested on Tuesday from Virar Phata in neighboring Palghar district,
He is in police custody till July 16 and is being interrogated by a team of Worli police, the official said.
"Our investigation has found that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. The crime scene in which the car collided with the two-wheeler and then dragged the victim was recreated to obtain more details," he explained. the official.
"Mihir Shah and his driver Bidawat were confronted to get more clarity about the incident," he added.
Mihir Shah, his father Rajesh Shah, a Shiv Sena politician from Palghar district, and his family's driver Bidawat have been named accused in the high-profile case. The accused have been registered under various sections, including 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
A Mumbai court granted bail to Rajesh Shah on Monday following his arrest.
In a related development, Bidawat was produced before chief metropolitan magistrate (Sewree court) S P Bhosale at the end of his police remand on Thursday and sent to 14-day judicial custody.
According to the police, after the accident, Bidawat swapped the driver's seat with Mihir Shah, allegedly on instructions from Rajesh Shah.
Police requested a further extension of his custody, saying the investigation into the case was still ongoing.
However, the court rejected the request for extension of police custody and sent the driver to jail.
