Seventy two hours after he rammed his BMW into a two-wheeler at Worli in south-central Mumbai killing a fisherwoman and injuring her husband, the Mumbai police tracked down the Shinde Shiv Sena deputy leader Rajesh Shah’s absconding son Mihir Shah and arrested him from Shahpur town in the neighbouring Thane district.
One of the search teams that had been on the look for the 24-year-old Mihir Shah traced him to Shahpur, 73 kms away from Mumbai.
He was hiding ther with his mother and sister.
While the investigators arrested him, they detained his mother and sister for questioning.
After a medical test, the police will produce Mihir Shah before a court late in the evening or on Wednesday morning and seek his remand.
Ahead of his arrest, the police sealed the bar “The Vice - Global Tapas” where Mihir had consumed liquor till the small hours of Sunday.
Mihir has been booked under under Sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 281 (rash driving), 125B (causing grievous hurt), 238 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender and Sections 184 (driving dangerously), 134A (not taking the injured to hospital), 134B (not informing the police) of newly-introduced Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and 187 (punishment for offences related to accident) of the Motor Vehicle Act.
To prevent him from fleeing the country, the Mumbai police had on Monday issued a ‘Look Out Circular’ (LOC) against Shinde Shiv Sena deputy leader Rajesh Shah’s absconding son Mihir Shah
After partying with his four friends and spending Rs 18,730 at a Juhu bar, he was driving his BMW when he rammed into a two-wheeler occupied by fish sellers -- Kaveri and his wife Pradik Nakva.
The incident took place at 5.30 am between Atria Mall and Worli. Earlier, an inebriated Mihir had insisted that he would drive the vehicle and took over the wheel from his family driver in a drunken state.
Mihir -- who was behind the wheel of a BMW car owned by his father Shinde Sena’s deputy leader for Palghar district Rajesh Shah – allegedly knocked down a two-wheeler occupied by two fish sellers -- Kaveri and Pradik Nakva.
After being hit by the speeding car, the two were flung into the air and they crash-landed on the bonnet of the SUV. The man jumped down quickly. However, Mihir carried Kaveri on the bonnet for nearly two kilometres before flinging her on the road near Bandra Worli Sea Link. Later, the accused reached Kalanagar at Bandra (East), dropped the driver, abandoned the car and fled. Kaveri died before she was rushed to a nearby hospital.
As per the sequence of events put together by the police, Mihir Shah left his home for a party in a Mercedes along with four of his friends at the Vice - Global Tapas Bar late on Saturday night.
After the party, Mihir drove his friends back to their homes. at around 1.30 am on Sunday. After that, he asked his family driver Rajendra Singh Bidawat to take him for a ride to the Marine Drive in a BMW car registered in his father’s name.
While driving back home, Mihir took to the wheel and was driving THE BMW at the time of the mishap.
