Worli Hit-And-Run: Shiv Sena Removes Accused Mihir Shah's Father As Deputy Leader Of Palghar Unit

Worli Hit And Run Case: Shiv Sena removed Rajesh Shah, father of Mihir Shah, the accused in the case, from the post of deputy leader of party's Palghar unit.

Worli Hit And Run Case: Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde camp) on Tuesday removed Rajesh Shah, father of Mihir Shah, the accused in the Worli hit and run case, from the post of deputy leader of party's Palghar unit. He was relieved from the post after the order of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde.

This comes a day after Mihir was arrested by Mumbai Police from Virar, two days after he allegedly rammed his luxury car into a two-wheeler, killing a woman and injuring her husband in Worli.

Mihir and other accused persons, including Rajesh Shah's driver, Rajrishi Bidawat, have been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), according to the police, as reported by news agency PTI.

The police had stated that Rajesh Shah actively ensured his son Mihir's escape after the incident. Chilling details of the accident emerged in CCTV footage produced by police in court on Monday, PTI reported.

In the footage that surfaced, Kaveri Nakhwa, who was riding pillion on the two-wheeler, was seen being dragged by the BMW car for 1.5 kilometres before the car stopped. Mihir and Bidawat pulled the woman off the bonnet, placed her on the road, and swapped seats. While reversing the car, Bidawat ran over the victim before fleeing.

Meanwhile, Mihir Shah has admitted that he was behind the wheel when the accident took place on Sunday. The accused confessed during an interrogation by the police that he was driving the BMW car at the time of the accident.