Mumbai: The Versova police in Mumbai arrested two persons in connection with the death of a 36-year-old rickshaw driver who crushed to death by their speeding SUV on August 12.
The victim, Ganesh Yadav, was sleeping near Mumbai’s Versova beach when a speeding SUV ran over and crushed him to death, news agency ANI reported.
The accused Nikhil Jawale (34) and his friend Shubam Dongre (33) have been arrested and a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been registered.
Police told ANI that the two were produced before a local court in Andheri and sent to five-day police custody for further investigation. Their blood samples have been sent to test to determine if they were driving under the influence of alcohol.
The incident happened during the early hours of August 12. Two rickshaw drivers, Ganesh Yadav, and Bablu Srivastava, were reportedly sleeping near the beach to relieve themselves from the humid conditions in the city.
