A 90-year-old man was killed after being hit by a bus on the Veer Savarkar Marg in Mahim on Tuesday morning. The vehicle was a mini bus of a local tours and travels firm. The police later arrested the driver for causing death due to rash and negligent driving under the IPC and other relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.
The deceased, Michael Swami Chettiar, a resident of Gopi Tank Road near Mahim post office, was returning from the Prabhat Poultry Shop after buying meat. “He goes out for a walk every morning and buys chicken on his way back as a part of his daily routine. Around 8.30 am, he was crossing the road on the southbound lane when the bus hit him from the side. The driver immediately took him to the hospital. He was admitted in the ICU at KEM Hospital in Parel where he died during the treatment in a few hours,” said an officer from the Shivaji Park police. The bus belonged to Sai Care Travels.
The police later detained the driver, Maheshwar Palkar (56), and subsequently placed him under arrest. He has also been charged him with culpable homicide not amounting to murder. However, doctors said that no alcohol traces were found in his blood.
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Case registered against firm for mpsc data
Age Correspondent
Mumbai, July 9
The cyber crime cell of the Mumbai police on Tuesday registered a case against Vast India Pvt Ltd, a few days after the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) filed a written complaint.
Earlier this year, the MPSC had to postpone its annual exam for Class 1 and 2 officers after the data of nearly 3.22 lakh students and other examination information went missing. Vast India was contracted to maintain the MPSC website, along with developing other exam related applications.
While initially the cause was suspected to be a virus causing the server crash, an internal probe by the
MPSC concluded that it was the company’s inept handling and suspected “ulterior” motive that caused the crash. Crime branch chief joint CP Himanshu Roy confirmed the development. The police has registered a case under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the IPC and relevant sections of the IT Act.
“According to the MPSC, Vast India had deliberately deleted the student data and caused the crash as a part of a conspiracy to post pone the civil services exam,” said a source from the cyber crime cell.