Mumbai:

One person died and another person was severely injured after a speeding car hit two workers, Mumbai police confirmed on Saturday.

Two workers of Mulund Cha Raja Ganpati Mandal were hit by a speeding car on Saturday early morning at 4 AM, leading to one person dying and another person being in critical condition. The incident happened on the second day of Ganesh Chaturthi. The police are investigating the matter

According to the police, Navghar police have registered a case and are searching for the driver.

“Two workers of Mulund Cha Raja Ganpati Mandal were hit by a speeding car, one died and one is in critical condition. The incident happened at 4:00 am. Police have registered a case and are searching for the car driver,” said a statement by Mumbai Police.

More details on the case are awaited.

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Mumbai/New Delhi:

Mihir Shah, the main accused in the Mumbai’s BMW hit-and-run that claimed the life of a 45-year-old woman, has admitted that he is a habitual drinker, police sources have said.

Mihir Shah, 24, made the confession during the police interrogation following his arrest, they said.

Investigation also reveals that Mihir Shah shaved his beard and cut his hair at a barber shop in Virar to mislead the police.

The police have also recorded the statement of the barber who had cut Mihir’s hair, officials said.

The police had formed multiple teams to catch the politician’s son, who was tracked down to an apartment in Virar, which is approximately 65 km from Mumbai

The 24-year-old is the son of politician Rajesh Shah, a member of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction. A dozen people are in custody, including Mr Shah’s parents and two sisters.

Mihir Shah evaded the police for three days until he was tracked down to an apartment in Virar, which is around 65 km from Mumbai. The police traced him when one of his friends turned on his phone for 15 minutes.

On July 6, Mihir Shah was allegedly driving the BMW, after partying at a Juhu bar with friends for hours. He allegedly hit a couple on their two-wheeler at 5.30 am on Sunday.

The woman killed in the crash was Kaveri Nakhwa, a 45-year-old mother of two. She was with her husband Pradip Nakhwa, who suffered injuries. The two were out shopping for fish.

CCTV footage indicates Ms Nakhwa was dragged for 1.5 km after the collision before the BMW was stopped. The police said the footage also showed that Mr Shah then again switched seats with Mr Bidawat, pulled the woman’s body out from under the car, and left it on the road before driving away.

Mumbai/New Delhi:

The license of a Mumbai bar – from where BMW hit-and-run accused Mihir Shah bought four bottles of beer before hitting a couple on their bike last Sunday – has been temporarily suspended over alleged violations, officials have said.

Police sources said Mihir Shah was “heavily drunk… and on a joyride” at the time of the horrific collision that left the woman on the bike dead.

Mihir and his driver had bought beer from the Sai Prasad Bar in Malad and drank it inside the car after leaving a Juhu bar where he had alcohol with his friends.

Police sources said the license of the bar has been suspended because they sold beer to the accused after the deadline. When the officials raided the bar, they also found the security camera footage deleted.

Before heading to the Malad bar for the second round of drinks, Mihir Shah and his three friends drank a dozen 60ml glasses of whiskey at the Vice-Global Tapas Bar in Juhu.

They left the bar – parts of which were demolished for serving liquor to 24-year-old Shah, who is below the legal drinking age – at 11 pm last Saturday. The bar has claimed Shah showed them a false ID that said he was 27 years old.

Mihir Shah is the son of politician Rajesh Shah, a member of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction.

The 24-year-old was allegedly driving the BMW car which rammed Kaveri Nakhwa (45) and injured her husband Pradeep while the couple was on their two-wheeler in Mumbai’s Worli area, police said. Rajrishi Bidawat, his driver, was the other occupant in the luxury car.

CCTV footage indicates Ms Nakhwa was dragged for 1.5 km after the collision before the BMW was stopped. The police said the footage also showed that Mr Shah then again switched seats with Mr Bidawat, pulled the woman’s body out from under the car, and left it on the road before driving away.

Mumbai/New Delhi:

Mihir Shah – the main accused in the Mumbai BMW hit-and-run case – has admitted that he was driving the luxury vehicle when the accident took place, but claimed he wasn’t drunk, police sources have said.

Mihir Shah – during the police interrogation – told the officials that he had exchanged the seats with his driver Rajrishi Bidawat before it rammed into a two-wheeler at 5.30 am on Sunday.

The 24-year-old- the son of politician Rajesh Shah, a member of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction – was arrested last evening. A total of 12 people, including Mr Shah’s mother and two sisters, were taken into custody.

The woman who was killed in the crash has been identified as Kaveri Nakhwa, 45. She was with her husband, Pradip, who escaped with injuries. The two were reportedly shopping for fish to cook for a family meal.

The police had formed multiple teams to catch Mihir Shah, who was eventually tracked down to an apartment in Virar, which is around 65 km from Mumbai.

Mihir Shah was allegedly driving the BMW – after spending Rs 18,730 at a Juhu bar, where he partied for hours with four friends.

CCTV footage indicates Ms Nakhwa was dragged for 1.5 km after the collision before the BMW was stopped. The police said the footage also showed that Mr Shah then again switched seats with Mr Bidawat, pulled the woman’s body out from under the car, and left it on the road. The car was then driven away.

The Mumbai accident has parallels to the Pune Porsche hit-and-run case when two software engineers riding a two-wheeler were killed.

Hours after a speeding BMW hit a man and his wife in Mumbai’s Worli, killing the woman, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said he did not wish to add any “political colour” to the case even as police sources claimed that the car belonged to a leader of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena.

Mr Thackeray met the victim’s husband at a police station in Mumbai and demanded that the accused driver be arrested. Speaking exclusively to NDTV outside the police station, Mr Thackeray said the accused has to be arrested “without any political influence.”

“It’s heart-wrenching. I don’t want to give any political colour to it. We have demanded the culprit be arrested. I met the victim, he told me how it happened. It was a clear hit-and-run,” he said.

In a post on X, the Shiv Sena leader said traffic rule violations have become more frequent in Mumbai and demanded severe punishment for those who break road rules.

“Driving cars in the wrong direction, jumping signals, tripling… everything is increasing in Mumbai! Now things like hit and run have started happening! Even if the person who caused the accident is arrested immediately, it is necessary not to allow such incidents to happen. For that, we have to go beyond politics and improve this situation! Drivers will be disciplined and offenders will be severely punished!” he wrote.

At 5.30 am, fish sellers Kaveri and Pradik Nakva were returning after buying fish from the Sassoon Dock when their two-wheeler was hit by a speeding BMW.

The crash caused the bike to overturn, flinging the couple onto the car’s bonnet. While the man managed to jump off the car, the wife was dragged for over 100 metres. She was rushed to the hospital but declared brought dead.

Police sources have claimed that the accused driver, 24-year-old Mihir Shah, is the son of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah.

He was drinking till late last night at Juhu and asked his driver to take him on a “long drive”, they said. At Worli, he insisted that his driver let him drive.

Shah was behind the wheel of the BMW as the two drove from Worli to Goregaon when the accident occurred. After the crash, the car’s number plate was taken off and kept inside the car to avoid identification of the vehicle.

Shah’s father and the driver are being questioned while a search is on to locate him.