Victim's scooter was mowed down by a teen, who lost control of his car; wife riding pillion suffers minor injuries.
A 19-year-old who allegedly lost control over his speeding car and knocked down a scooter-borne couple on Marine Drive on Monday night, fatally injuring the rider, has been arrested. Marine Drive police said while Ali Asgar Kachwala (52) died on the spot, his wife Farida (48) suffered minor injuries and was discharged from hospital on Tuesday.
Police said the car driven by Mohammad Zifar Chudiwala, a college dropout who had joined his father's wholesale watch trade, was travelling at a very high speed. "The car was being driven so fast that the accused lost control over it and hit the divider near Police Gymkhana, ricocheted off it and mowed into the scooter carrying the Kachwalas. Chudiwala could not regain control the car hit the footpath before coming to a halt. He waited at the spot for a while but then sped away even though the front left tyre had been punctured in the impact," a senior police officer from Marine Drive police station said.
However, passers-by alerted the police control room and Chudiwala's Maruti Swift bearing registration number MH01 AR 8898 was intercepted on Princess Street by a patrol car under Assistant Commissioner of Police B E Tambe (Pydhonie division).
"The accused's car had suffered heavy damages after hitting the divider and the front bumper bearing the number plate fell off a short distance from the spot. This helped cops identify the car, and its colour and make was provided by passers-by," said Tambe.
He added "A patrolling vehicle from my division received the control room alert, spotted the car on Princess Street and followed it, before intercepting it near the Parsi Dairy. Chudiwala, who was with a relative, surrendered. He said he had fled the spot fearing public anger."
Chudiwala, an Agripada resident, was handed over to Marive Drive police. The primary report after a medical check-up suggested that he had not consumed alcohol or any psychotropic substances, but his blood sample has been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory.
He was booked under IPC sections 279, 337, 338, 304(A) and section 134 of the Motor Vehicle Act and produced in a local court on Tuesday which released him on bail. Kachwala ran a glass business and was a resident of Mazgaon who regularly came to Marine Drive for a post-dinner stroll with his wife.
A 19-year-old who allegedly lost control over his speeding car and knocked down a scooter-borne couple on Marine Drive on Monday night, fatally injuring the rider, has been arrested. Marine Drive police said while Ali Asgar Kachwala (52) died on the spot, his wife Farida (48) suffered minor injuries and was discharged from hospital on Tuesday.
Police said the car driven by Mohammad Zifar Chudiwala, a college dropout who had joined his father's wholesale watch trade, was travelling at a very high speed. "The car was being driven so fast that the accused lost control over it and hit the divider near Police Gymkhana, ricocheted off it and mowed into the scooter carrying the Kachwalas. Chudiwala could not regain control the car hit the footpath before coming to a halt. He waited at the spot for a while but then sped away even though the front left tyre had been punctured in the impact," a senior police officer from Marine Drive police station said.
However, passers-by alerted the police control room and Chudiwala's Maruti Swift bearing registration number MH01 AR 8898 was intercepted on Princess Street by a patrol car under Assistant Commissioner of Police B E Tambe (Pydhonie division).
"The accused's car had suffered heavy damages after hitting the divider and the front bumper bearing the number plate fell off a short distance from the spot. This helped cops identify the car, and its colour and make was provided by passers-by," said Tambe.
He added "A patrolling vehicle from my division received the control room alert, spotted the car on Princess Street and followed it, before intercepting it near the Parsi Dairy. Chudiwala, who was with a relative, surrendered. He said he had fled the spot fearing public anger."
Chudiwala, an Agripada resident, was handed over to Marive Drive police. The primary report after a medical check-up suggested that he had not consumed alcohol or any psychotropic substances, but his blood sample has been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory.
He was booked under IPC sections 279, 337, 338, 304(A) and section 134 of the Motor Vehicle Act and produced in a local court on Tuesday which released him on bail. Kachwala ran a glass business and was a resident of Mazgaon who regularly came to Marine Drive for a post-dinner stroll with his wife.
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