Mumbai: Shinde Sena leader whose son allegedly killed woman in car crash granted bail

A Mumbai court on Monday granted bail to Rajesh Shah, a Shiv Sena leader from Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction, a day after he was arrested in the case of his 24-year-old son, Mihir Shah, allegedly crashing his BMW car into a bike, leading to a woman’s death, Bar and Bench reported.

The Maharashtra Police had arrested Shah on Sunday for allegedly not co-operating with the investigation into the case. The Shiv Sena leader had also allegedly asked his son to flee from the site and also asked him to instruct the family driver, Rajrishi Rajendrasingh Bidawat, to take the driver’s seat.

Bidawat was also arrested on Sunday. He was on Monday remanded to police custody for a day.

Mihir Shah, who is suspected to have been inebriated at the time of the accident, is reportedly absconding. The police had issued a lookout circular for him to prevent him from fleeing the country to avoid being arrested.

Once such a circular is issued, a suspect is halted at immigration if they try to leave the country through an airport or port.

The victim, identified as Kaveri Nakhwa, was a resident of Worli Koliwada, a fishing village at the edges of the upscale South Mumbai neighbourhood. The victim’s husband Pradeep Nakhava, who also sustained injuries, was riding the bike when...

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