BMW rammed into bike-borne couple in Mumbai’s Worli. (Image: X/@sirajnoorani)
When the BMW hit the scooter from behind, the husband fell on the ground but the wife was dragged by the car
After the fatal BMW crash in Mumbai’s Worli, claimed the life of 45-year-old Kaveri Nakhava on Sunday, her husband Pradeep Nakhava broke down while speaking to the media and claimed that the those involved in the accident were ‘big people’ and that nobody will do anything to them.
The couple were residents of Worli’s Koliwada area and sold fish for a living. On Sunday morning, as they reached Sassoon Dock on their scooter to buy fish that they could sell later. a speeding BMW crashed into them from behind, throwing the two into the air. While the husband fell on the ground, Kaveri was dragged by the car. She was soon rushed to the hospital but upon reaching she was declared dead.
Pradeep suffered minor injuries and as been at the police station since the morning. While speaking to Hindustan Times, he said, “The accident happened at 5.30 am, the car came from behind and rammed into the scooter. I fell on the left side, but my wife was dragged through the road,” he said. “I have two children, what will I do? These are big people, nobody will do anything, we will suffer.”
Worli Police has detained the car owner Rajesh Shah, who is a local leader of Shiv Sena (Shinde) in Palghar. The police have nabbed the absconding driver and Shah’s son, 24-year-old Mihir Shah, who are suspected to be in the car at the time of the accident. The accused was allegedly drunk, however his blood test reports are still awaited.
A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rash driving and destruction of evidence, among others.
As per police sources, quoted by Hindustan Times, the accused drank at a bar in Juhu last night. On his way home, he asked the driver to take him to a long drive and when the car came to Worli he insisted that he would drive. Soon after he started driving, the speeding BMW hit the scooter on which the Pradeep and Kaveri were returning home.
