A 28-year-old pedestrian walking back home with his cousin was killed after a speeding bike knocked him down on the Gorai Jetty Road in Borivali (west) on Saturday night, the police said.
According to the Gorai police, the accident took place at around 9 pm, when the deceased, Rajeshwar Vishvakarma, and his cousin, Ramchandra Vishvakarma (36), were walking on the side of the road.
The unidentified accused came speeding on his Hero Honda Passion and rammed into Rajeshwar. Due to the impact, Rajeshwar fell to the ground and suffered grievous injuries to his head. The biker fled from the spot without rendering help to the victim.
“There are no street lights on the road. The spot where the accident took place has a slight curve and the motorist might have failed to see the two pedestrians who were walking on the corner of the road in the dark. Rajeshwar noted down the number of the bike. We are trying to trace him,” said a police official.
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Illegal liquor seized
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CORRESPODENT
Mumbai, Aug. 8
Officials of the excise department seized 200 litres of liquor on Saturday night, while it was being smuggled into the island city by an autorickshaw two days before the fasting month of Shravan begins.
“We have arrested two persons who had brought the liquor from a tribal area near Powai Lake. They were arrested under the Bombay Prohibition Act and produced in court. They were granted bail on `10,000 each,” said senior inspector, B.D. Phansalkar of Chunabhatti branch.
“We laid a trap in Bangurdagaon in Powai and caught them red-handed while smuggling the liquor in five tubes each containing 40 litres,” added sub-inspector Ravindra More. The two have been identified as Indrajeet and Virendra Yadav.