The police have traced the man behind the drag racing on Western Express Highway (WEH) and are looking for the Bandra Reclamation resident, who is at large. Scores of young bikers had gathered for motorcycle drag racing on WEH on the intervening nights of Monday and Tuesday to set a record and win a cash prize, as mentioned on an Instagram post, but Mumbai police foiled their plans.

The races were scheduled within stretches of 400 metres at different locations, Joint Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Satyanarayan Chaudhary told mid-day. “A page was created on Instagram for participating in bike racing within the stretches of 400-metres. Since it was decided that these bikers will race on 400 metres patches on WEH, they had gathered near Bandra Reclamation. The race was supposed to take place between Bandra and Goregaon,” Chaudhary told mid-day.