On the arrest of the accused in the Mumbai-Worli hit-and-run case three days after the incident by the Mumbai Police, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MP Sanjay Raut said that efforts to save the accused started from day one.
NCP-SCP national spokesperson Clyde Crasto has urged the Maharashtra government to ensure the main accused in the Worli hit-and-run case, Mihir Shah, is not given leniency or evade punishment due to the accused's father's association with Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena party.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has claimed that the Worli hit-and-run case is a murder, as the accused dragged the deceased to a dairy and then hit her again by reversing the car.
Congress leader Varsha Gaikwad on Tuesday met Pradeep Nakhwa, husband of the victim Kaveri Nakhwa, who was killed after a BMW rammed into their bike on early Sunday and said that the Worli case is not a hit-and-run case but murder.
A Mumbai court on Tuesday extended the police custody of Rajesh Shah's driver, Rajrishi Singh Bidawat, in the Worli hit-and-run case until Thursday, July 11.
Earlier, Police arrested Rajendra Singh Bidawat and the father of the main accused, Rajesh Shah for their alleged involvement in the Worli hit-and-run case that took place on Sunday (July 7).
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Tuesday attacked Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over the Mumbai BMW hit-and-run case, saying that he must the grandstanding to divert attention from the incident.
Following the tragic incident in the Worli area of Mumbai on Sunday, the husband of a deceased woman, Pradeep Nakhwa on Monday questioned the delay in arrest of the accused Mihir Shah, and said that he dragged his wife from Ceejay House to Sea Link Road.
Mihir had gone to a pub in Juhu with his friends to party. Statements of Mihir's three friends who were present with him before the incident have also been taken.
The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m today. The accused fled the scene, leaving the officers injured. One police personnel succumbed to injuries and the other is undergoing treatment at a local hospital.