Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Tuesday extended till July 11 the police custody of Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah’s driver in the fatal BMW hit-and-run case.
The driver, Rajrishi Bidawat, was sitting in the luxury car with the prime accused in the case, Mihir Shah (24), the son of Rajesh Shah, at the time of the crash on Sunday morning in central Mumbai’s Worli area. Mihir Shah is accused of fatally knocking down a woman, Kaveri Nakhwa (45), with his BMW and injuring her husband before fleeing.
The driver was on Tuesday produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Sewree court) S P Bhosale at the end of his one-day police remand.
Police sought an extension of his custody for further interrogation, telling the court he had committed a serious offence and had knowledge about the circumstances of the accident. The police also allege that the driver for taking drugs.
However, the defence lawyer asking about the evidence, said that the driver was not in the pub and had not consumed any such substance. The police have no evidence, said the lawyer.
The deceased, Kaveri Nakhwa, was going with her husband Pradip on the arterial Annie Besant Road when the luxury car’s driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed it into the couple’s two-wheeler around 5.30 am.
After the accident, the accused fled towards the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Mihir Shah then left the car and his driver Bidawat, who was sitting next to him at the time of the crash, near Kala Nagar in Bandra and left the spot.
Mihir Shah, the main accused in the hit-and-run case, was arrested from Virar on Tuesday. Rajesh Shah, a Shiv Sena politician and the father of Mihir, is also an accused in the case and is currently out on bail.
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