Mumbai hit-and-run case: Police form 11 teams to nab 24-year-old

Mumbai police have reportedly formed eleven teams to nab the 24yearold son of Shindeled Shiv Sena leader who allegedly crashed a BMW car into a scooter while driving killing a woman and injuring her husband an official saidA Look Out Circular LOC has also been put out against Mihir Shah son of Rajesh Shah the official told PTIA Mumbai court reportedly remanded Rajesh Shah in 14day judicial custody on Monday However he was later granted bail According to the PTI report his driver also an accused in the case was sent to police custody until TuesdayMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said No one whether rich influential or the offspring of bureaucrats or ministers affiliated with any party will have immunity as long as I am the chief ministerMihir Shah was allegedly driving the BMW car that fatally knocked down Kaveri Nakhwa 45 and injured her husband Pradeep while the couple was on their twowheeler in Mumbais Worli area Sunday morning police saidAs per the PTI report the car dragged the woman for more than 2 km the official said She was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrivalRajesh Shah who owns the car and Rajrishri Bidawat the driver who was sitting next to Mihir were arrested on Sunday for allegedly helping Mihir escape after the accident the official told PTIAccording to the police official As there is a possibility of Mihir Shah fleeing the country police have issued an LOC against himAccording to the news agency report police suspect that Mihir was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident as he was spotted at a bar in the Juhu area here a few hours before the incident the official saidAs per the PTI report the police have also recovered the bar bill of Rs 18000 and are verifying it the official said without elaboratingThe CCTV footage of the bar is also being examined he saidThe accused in the Mumbai hitandrun case have been reportedly booked under various sections including 105 culpable homicide not amounting to murder of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS according to the policeCM Shinde has issued a statement in which he has asked police to handle hitandrun incidents involving powerful and influential people with seriousness and ensure justice is servedShinde added It is intolerable that the powerful and influential misuse their status to manipulate the system Such miscarriages of justice will not be tolerated by my governmentThe lives of ordinary citizens are precious to us I have directed the state police department to handle these cases with the utmost seriousness and ensure justice is served We are implementing stricter laws with harsher penalties for hitandrun offenders Shinde saidShiv Sena UBT MLA Aaditya Thackeray who represents the Worli assembly constituency said in a post on X on Sunday 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 for the regimeVisited the Worli Police Station today and met with senior police officers investigating into the hit and run case that occurred in Worli today I will not go into the political leanings of Mr Shah the accused of the hit and run but I hope the police will act swiftly to catchhellip pictwittercomLjiWyoRx3Mmdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray July 7 2024With inputs from PTI