India, March 8 -- A 21-year-old biker and his friend riding pillion were killed after a speeding car collided with their bike on the Vakola flyover on Western Express Highway in the early hours on Friday. While the car driver, identified as Siddhesh Rupesh Belkar, was arrested from the spot and remanded in police custody, relatives of the deceased tried to block traffic outside the Bandra court where he was produced in the afternoon, said police. The blockade was cleared after police assured protestors of swift action against the accused.

According to the police, the deceased included 21-year-old Manav Vinod Patel, a resident of Miskita Chawl on St Anthony Road in Vile Parle West, who was riding the bike; and his friend, 23-year-old Hars...