'People are garbage for them': husband of BMW hit-and-run victim lambasts Maha govt

Pradeep Nakhwa, the husband of the 43-year-old woman who was killed in a BMW car hit-and-run incident in Mumbai, slammed the Maharashtra government over the timing of the arrest of Mihir Shah who was driving the vehicle.

Speaking to ANI news agency, Nakhwa broke down and was inconsolable hours after the arrest of Mihir came to the fore.

"He was arrested after three days, what does this mean? If he wasn't alcoholic, if he hadn't taken drugs, then why did he go into hiding?...why was he absconding for three days? You abandoned the vehicle on the way and broke the number plate before running away...now after three days, there won't be any traces of alcohol in his body and he will have 20 lawyers with him," Nakhwa said.

He further said that since Mihir's father Rajesh Shah is a member of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the accused would go scot-free.

"These party leaders will do nothing, this is the son of their leader only. He is a big person who can buy anyone...who is there on our side? Did Fadnavis or Shinde come to our house to know what happened? Did Ajit Pawar come? They all have become blind in greed for power...they come to meet the public only to beg for votes and then they forget," Nakhwa said.

"They only remember us for votes. They forget us after that. Public is garbage for them. They talk about ladli behna yojna. Your 'ladli behna' has died

He said that had Mihir stopped reversing his car, his wife could have survived.

"She was dragged in front of my eyes. The claim is that the accused reversed the car...had he reversed the car, wouldn't she have survived?

According to police, the woman was being dragged for more than 1.5 kilometres after the car hit their scooter.

Mihir and another accused Rajrishi Bidawat, who was in the car, pulled the woman off the bonnet, placed her on the road, and then mowed her down again while reversing the car.