India, March 21 -- A day after launching an investigation into the hit-and-run death of an 85-year-old businessman in Prabhadevi, the Dadar police detained and questioned the son of a police officer, who admitted that his vehicle had struck the senior citizen.

The victim, Balraj Permanand Mehra, a resident of Asha Mahal on Peddar Road, was walking along Dr Annie Besant Road on Sunday when an unidentified two-wheeler hit him. Mehra was rushed to BYL Nair Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on Monday.

Following a probe, police traced the vehicle to Yash Nandkumar Gavkar, a chef at a Prabhadevi restaurant and a resident of Worli Koliwada. "We detained and questioned Gavkar after collecting statements from multiple society watchmen...