Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): Following an incident in the Worli area of Mumbai on Sunday, where a BMW car struck a bike, resulting in the death of a woman travelling with her husband, the police formed six teams to nab the main accused, Mihir Shah.
Mihir Shah has been absconding since the incident, and the police have formed a total of six teams to nab the accused.
Police arrested Rajesh Shah, father of the main accused Mihir Shah and another person Raj Rishi Rajendra Singh Vidawat in this case. Both will be presented in court tomorrow.
According to information received from sources, it is being said that both the accused have been arrested for not cooperating with the police and under other sections and they will be presented in the court tomorrow.
The deceased woman has been identified as Kaveri Nakhwa (45), a resident of Worli Koliwada. Meanwhile, the deceased’s husband sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Earlier in the day, Worli police said that they had confiscated the car from the Bandra region. “Worli police recovered and confiscated the BMW car from the Bandra area of Mumbai,” the police said.
Meanwhile, a statement from the Mumbai Police had said that a BMW car ran over two people riding a bike. It said, “The woman died in this incident and the other person was injured. This incident took place at 5:30 am this morning when the couple riding on a bike were passing in front of Atria Mall in Worli.”
The police emphasized that the luxury car belonged to the leader of a political party based in Maharashtra’s Palghar.
“The luxury car belongs to a leader of a political party based in Palghar and his son was sitting in the car with the driver”, said the police.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday assured that strict action would be taken against the culprits behind the hit-and-run case.
“The Mumbai hit-and-run case that has happened is very unfortunate. I had a conversation with the police. Whoever is guilty, action will be taken against them…We treat everyone equally. Whatever happens will be legal”, CM Shinde said while speaking to the media.
Also, Aaditya Thackeray took to his official X handle and posted about the hit-and-run case. He said, “Visited the Worli Police Station today and met with senior police officers investigating into the hit and run case that occurred in Worli today.”
He added, “I will not go into the political leanings of Shah, the accused of the hit and run, but I hope the police will act swiftly to catch the accused and bring him to justice. Hopefully, there will be no political refuge by the regime.”
Thackeray also said that MLC Sunil Shinde and he met Nakwa, the husband of the victim. “We promised him that we would do everything to bring the accused to justice.” (ANI)
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