Exclusive/ Worli Hit-And-Run Victim Breaks Down, Says, 'Had Culprit Stopped, My Wife Would've Been Alive...'

Mumbai:  Prip Nakhwa, while speaking exclusively to Republic, said Mihir Shah who allegedly knocked down his wife Kaveri Nakhwa (45) and injured him while couple was on ir two-wheeler in Mumbai’s Worli area Sunday morning, must be hanged to death.

"We Went M..."

An inconsolable Prip told Republic, "We are fishermen so we wake up early morning and go to Crawford Market to buy fish to sell. We were coming from Peddar Ro and were riding at 35 km/per hour that too from corner of ro. Suddenly, a thunder sound came from behind and we went m."

My Wife Came Under Wheels, Says Prip

He ded, "We got flung in air and fell on Shah's bonnet. After we fell on bonnet, he forcefully applied brake. I fell on left side of car while my wife came under wheels."

"My Family Got Shattered In A Second"

Prip said Shah allegedly Shah fled so quickly that tyre of his car burst. He ded, "I screamed, asking him to wait. In one second my family was shattered. My wife was everything for our family. He didn't even wait for a bit. He drove from Ceejay House and I followed him in a taxi for half a kilometre but I couldn't spot him. I n informed cops."

"H Driver Stopped, My Wife Could Have Been Alive..."

Prip said h Shah waited, his wife could have been saved. He said, "She was alive n. She fell on my back when we got tossed in air. My wife abused him, asking him to stop but he didn't. My wife was screaming in front of me. We got dragged; no one does this even to an animal."

My Wife Was Everything To Us: Prip

Describing details of driver, Prip said, "I saw driver, he was lean and h a beard. He was driving so fast that he ended up dragging my wife for 4-5 km. All this episode will continue for a few days and n it will come to an end. We are poor and hence, no one will seek our whereabouts. No one cares about poor. My kids have become orphans now. My wife was everything to us."

Prip Demands Death Penalty For Accused

Prip demanding a death penalty for accused, said, "He must be hanged. If he can treat humans like animals, he has no right to live. H situation reversed, imagine repercussions on me."

Mumbai Police Form 6 Teams to Nab Accused

Mumbai Police, on Monday, formed six teams to nab 24-year-old son of a ruling Shiv Sena leer.

A Look Out Circular (LOC) has also been put out against Mihir, son of Rajesh Shah, a Shiv Sena leer from neighbouring Palghar district, official said on Monday. 

car dragged woman for more than 2 km, official said. She was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her de on arrival. After accident, official said that Mihir fled towards Bandra-Worli Sea Link, leaving car and his driver Rajrishi Bidawat, who was sitting next to him, at Kalanagar in Bandra. 

Rajesh Shah, who owns car, and Bidawat were arrested on Sunday for allegedly helping Mihir escape after accident, official said. 

"As re is a possibility of Mihir Shah fleeing country, police have issued an LOC against him," official said. Police suspect that Mihir was under influence of alcohol at time of accident as he was spotted at a bar in Juhu area here a few hours before incident, official said. 

police have also recovered bar bill of Rs 18,000 and are verifying it, official said without elaborating. CCTV footage of bar is also being examined, he said. accused have been booked under various sections, including 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), according to police.

Offspring of Ministers Will Not Have Any Immunity: CM Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena he Eknath Shinde on Monday said he has asked police to handle hit-and-run incidents involving powerful and influential persons with seriousness and ensure justice is served. 

In a statement, Shinde said he was deeply alarmed by rise in hit-and-run incidents in Maharashtra. "It is intolerable that powerful and influential misuse ir status to manipulate system. Such miscarriages of justice will not be tolerated by my government," he said.

“ lives of ordinary citizens are precious to us. I have directed state police department to handle se cases with utmost seriousness and ensure justice is served. 

We are implementing stricter laws with harsher penalties for hit-and-run offenders," Shinde said. No one, wher rich, influential, or offspring of bureaucrats or ministers, affiliated with any party, will have immunity as long as he is chief minister, Shinde said.

Hope Cops Act Swiftly: Thackeray

Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aitya Thackeray, who represents Worli assembly constituency, in a post on X on Sunday said, "I will not go into political leanings of Shah, accused of hit and run, but I hope police will act swiftly to catch accused and bring him to justice. Hopefully, re will be no political refuge by regime." (with PTI inputs)