Launching a scathing attack against the opposition over the Worli hit-and-run case, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that apart from blaming, they (opposition) do not have anything else to do
"Yesterday evening, under the Gangapur Police Station area, a woman died after she was hit by a speeding car. Police have registered a case of culpable homicide. A 51-year-old man was driving the car under the influence of alcohol...After lodging the case, the accused was taken into custody
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday met the family of the deceased in the Worli hit-and-run case and later said that this incident should be treated as "murder" instead of "hit and run case".
Mihir Shah was arrested from Virar on Tuesday. He was brought to Sewri court in Mumbai on Wednesday. Shah had been absconding after the car he was allegedly driving hit a scooter on Dr Annie Besant Road in Worli on Sunday, July 7.
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).