Mihir Shah was arrested on Tuesday, after being on the run for 72 hours.
Shortly after crashing his BMW into a couple on a scooter, killing the woman in the passenger seat, Mihir Shah spoke to his fiancée forty times before getting out of the car, calling for a ride, and going to her house. The girlfriend might now be held for interrogation, according to the police.
Around 5.30 am on Sunday, after purchasing fish to sell during the day, Pradeep and Kaveri Nakhwa, a couple who sell fish, were returning in their scooter when the 24-year-old son of a Shiv Sena leader slammed his BMW into it in Worli. After the automobile hit Pradeep, he was thrown off the bonnet, but Kaveri got beneath the wheels and was carried 1.5 miles.
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After transferring seats with his driver, Rajrishi Bidawat, Shah—who was apparently intoxicated—and they sped off over Kaveri. Then, in order to avoid being discovered, Shah and the driver travelled to Bandra’s Kala Nagar, where they abandoned the vehicle and removed the licence plate.
An officer claimed that during all of this, Shah made 40 calls and spoke with his girlfriend.
Evading Arrest
After leaving the car in Kala Nagar, the 24-year-old hailed an auto and went to his girlfriend’s house in Goregaon. Police said he “rested” there for two hours while his girlfriend informed Shah’s sister about the accident. His sister went to Goregaon and then took Shah to their house in Borivali.
From there, Shah’s mother, Meena, two sisters – Puja and Kinjal – and a friend, Avdeep, left for a resort in Shahpur, nearly 70 km from Mumbai. They hid there while the police kept looking for Shah, having arrested his father Rajesh Shah and the driver, Bidawat.
On Monday night, Shah left for the family’s house in Virar and, the next morning, Avdeep turned on his phone for 15 minutes, revealing his location. This led to Shah’s arrest.
While Shah was produced in court on Wednesday and sent to police custody till July 16, police said they may also detain his girlfriend to question her. An official said the questions will centre around what information, if any, about the accident was shared with her by Shah, and whether he was drunk when she spoke to her and met her.
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