hit-and-run victim dies even as cops try to identify him
MUMBAI, Sept. 16 -- The 30-year-old unidentified man injured by an allegedly drunk driver on Saturday in Ghatkopar died on Sunday night. The police said that he suffered serious head injuries after being dragged and pinned between the vehicle and the stairs of a shop, and he never regained consciousness after the incident.
The driver of the SUV, Bhavika Hiren Dama, 35, and two passengers Koram Bhanushali, and Aniket Bansode were arrested on Sunday, and the police have added BNS section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) to the charges registered against the trio. A police officer said, "Our teams have planned to fan out to find his relatives and to identify him. However, we don't have any positive leads yet."
According to the police, early on Saturday morning, the victim was standing on a footpath when the SUV broke through a metallic railing, climbed onto the footpath, and rammed into him. Locals found him and rushed him to the Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar East.
The police said that the two women in the car helped Bansode escape and were trying to flee too when locals found them. Later, since the two women promised to cooperate with the investigation, they were served notices and allowed to leave.
The police initially booked the trio for rash driving and endangering human safety along with relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act. They later added section 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the BNS, which has now been converted into section 105 after the victim's death.
According to the police, Dama, a Garba teacher, had been drinking all night with her friends. The trio were on their way to have breakfast when she lost control of the car....
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