Pune:
Shivraj Mhetre, son of senior Congress leader and former minister of state for home Siddharam Mhetre, and his four friends were thrashed by a furious mob in Pune after their car knocked down a 65-year-old woman.
Bystanders said Shivraj's friend who was drunk was speeding when the car hit the woman, who died on the spot. The deceased was identified as Leelavati Tukaram Shingare.
People living in the vicinity alleged that Shivraj was also in the car, but Police Inspector Bhimrao Tele denied it. The police said Shivraj was called to the spot by his friends to help them.
"There are eyewitnesses, like a bus driver, who have identified the car driver, Unmesh Shyam Chavan, a resident of Ganeshkhind Road," said Tele.
The other occupants of the car include Priyank Pagar, Harish Ambadas Survase of Solapur, and Swapnil Praveen Kota, a resident of Mayur Colony.
Chavan was allegedly speeding towards Chatushrungi from Sus road around 6 am when his car knocked down a woman who was walking on the road with her grandchild, before ramming into a school bus.
The police said residents from nearby began gathering at the spot and started beating the occupants of the car, before the police intervened and took them to a police station.
"The five of them are close friends since five to six years. Except Unmesh, all others are studying in Symbiosis College," said Tele. "They were at Pagar's residence on Monday night for dinner. They went to Hotel Mont Vert near Sus road to watch the football match, and were returning from there when the incident took place."
A case was lodged against Chavan after the victim's son filed a complaint.
"Chavan will be arrested soon," Tele said.
Bystanders said Shivraj's friend who was drunk was speeding when the car hit the woman, who died on the spot. The deceased was identified as Leelavati Tukaram Shingare.
People living in the vicinity alleged that Shivraj was also in the car, but Police Inspector Bhimrao Tele denied it. The police said Shivraj was called to the spot by his friends to help them.
"There are eyewitnesses, like a bus driver, who have identified the car driver, Unmesh Shyam Chavan, a resident of Ganeshkhind Road," said Tele.
The other occupants of the car include Priyank Pagar, Harish Ambadas Survase of Solapur, and Swapnil Praveen Kota, a resident of Mayur Colony.
Chavan was allegedly speeding towards Chatushrungi from Sus road around 6 am when his car knocked down a woman who was walking on the road with her grandchild, before ramming into a school bus.
The police said residents from nearby began gathering at the spot and started beating the occupants of the car, before the police intervened and took them to a police station.
"The five of them are close friends since five to six years. Except Unmesh, all others are studying in Symbiosis College," said Tele. "They were at Pagar's residence on Monday night for dinner. They went to Hotel Mont Vert near Sus road to watch the football match, and were returning from there when the incident took place."
A case was lodged against Chavan after the victim's son filed a complaint.
"Chavan will be arrested soon," Tele said.
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