The location at Om Shanti Chowk in Borivli where the incident happened
The motorist, Samir Parekh, a 48-year-old doctor, was arrested by the Borivli police the same day. Due to the impact, Riddhi fell down while Krishiv got dragged further. Mumbai: A two-and-half-year-old boy on a tricycle, out for an evening stroll with his mother, lost his life after an SUV hit him in Borivli West late Wednesday. Parekh was released on bail, only after the court issued a notice to the investigating officer.
The SUV hit the mother-son duo, according to the police’s remand application. Police said Krishiv was trapped between the two vehicles and suffered grievous injuries. “Riddhi was overcome with shock,” said a relative. How could the motorist drive so rashly in a residential neighbourhood?,” said a relative.
The SUV then hit another car passing near the mother-son duo. Parekh, with the help of passersby, took the child to a nursing home nearby. “Krishiv was an only child. He lived with his parents and grandparents who are inconsolable. A neighbour pointed out that the child and his mother would regularly venture for a stroll in the evenings. Borivli police seized Parekh’s SUV as well as the other car that was hit. “You have applied bailable sections. Is the police trying to help the accused?” remarked magistrate Shivdatt Patil. The court issued a notice to the investigating officer Sagar Pawar. Police applied charges of negligence and rash driving under the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and Motor Vehicles Act against Parekh.
When the police produced Parekh before a magistrate court on Thursday and sought his custody, the court came down heavily on them for applying bailable sections. On Thursday, a pall of gloom enveloped the neighbourhood as relatives offered condolences to the grieving Mandavia family. On Thursday, the police produced Parekh before the Borivli magistrate court and sought two days’ custody for probing whether the road crash was intentional or accidental.