The accused in the BMW hit-and-run case was tracked and arrested after three days. But who is he?
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00:00Six police teams searched for this man after he became the prime accused in a high-profile hit-and-run case in Mumbai.
00:07He is Mihir, the son of Shiv Sena Shinde leader Rajesh Shah.
00:12He was in a speeding BMW car that hit a bike-borne couple in Worli, dragging the woman for around 1.5 kilometers.
00:19I dragged her.
00:21No one is taking care of her.
00:23I dragged her in front of me.
00:49On 7 July 2024, the victim Kaveri Nakhwa and her husband Pradeep were fish sellers.
00:55They were returning from Sasoon docks after buying fish when Mihir's car hit them from behind.
01:01While Pradeep sustained injuries, Kaveri couldn't survive.
01:05The 24-year-old was suspected to be drunk when this happened.
01:08He had partied at a bar with a few friends in Juhu late into the previous night.
01:13The bar owner told India Today that their bill amounted to Rs 18,730 and that Mihir only consumed an energy drink.
01:22They left the bar around 1.40 am and the accident took place a few hours later around 5.30 am.
01:29According to the police, Mihir was behind the wheel while his driver sat in the passenger seat.
01:35They also alleged that Rajesh advised Mihir to switch seats with the driver after the accident.
01:41Mihir disappeared after the accident.
01:44His phone, his mother's phone and his sister's phone were switched off.
01:48Mihir's father Rajesh was briefly arrested before being let out on bail for a bond of Rs 15,000.
02:15He was also removed from his post in Shiv Sena.
02:18The police were able to track Mihir and arrested him three days after the accident.
02:23He was booked under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
02:27dealing with culpable homicide not amounting to murder,
02:31rash and negligent driving endangering human life,
02:34endangering life and personal safety and committing mischief amounting to cause loss and damage.