Police Face Serious Challenge After Blood Report During Mumbai BMW Hit-And-Run

Mumbai: Accusations that the 23-year-old suspect in the hit-and-run case involving a luxury BMW sedan in Worli, Mumbai, was intoxicated at the time of the horrifying incident are refuted by the forensic report.
Despite reports from police sources that Mihir Shah was "heavily drunk" when he drove the BMW, there has been no detection of alcohol in his blood or urine.

Early on July 7, the woman was killed in the collision and her husband was hurt.
Alcohol tests are supposed to be given in cases when drunk driving is suspected, although they may not work 12 hours after the last drink. However, Shah had avoided arrest for two years; his father had been a part of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena group, which is currently suspended days.

Shah was detained almost 58 hours after the incident, according to the police, which gave him enough time for the alcohol to leave his system. His urine and blood samples were sent for analysis after his arrest. The Worli police got the report yesterday.

The police would have benefited from a "positive" forensic result that indicated he was intoxicated, but they will now have to depend on circumstantial evidence when making their case in court.

Shah is accused of crashing his speeding BMW into a two-wheeler in the Worli neighborhood on July 7. The husband and wife were thrown onto the car's bonnet when their bike overturned due to the powerful hit. In an effort to protect himself, the husband managed to jump off the bonnet. But his wife, Kaveri Nakhwa was dragged for 100 metres by the car as it tried to flee the scene. She was declared dead at a hospital while her husband Pradeep suffered injuries.