Updated On: 28 December, 2023 07:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
A taxi driver and a scooterist have been arrested by the police in the separate incidents that occured in Sewri and Mulund

Sub-Inspector Pooja Dhaktode was making her way back towards the parked police vehicle when she was hit. Pics/Rajesh Gupta
A retired assistant commissioner of police lost his life and a woman police sub-inspector was injured in separate reckless driving incidents in Sewri. The Sewri police have arrested a 41-year-old man allegedly responsible for the death of the retired ACP, while the Mulund police have apprehended the driver involved in the collision with the woman police officer.
According to the police, a taxi driver struck down a man near Bhaucha Dhakka around 11 pm on December 26. Responding promptly, the police transported the victim to JJ Hospital, where, despite initial treatment, the 72-year-old ACP Mohammad Javed Abdul Rashid succumbed to a brain injury. Mohammad Javed, who had left his residence for a walk, was hit by a speeding taxi.