Mumbai BMW hit-and-run: Mihir Shah’s mother and 2 sisters detained from resort for hiding him

Mihir, who was absconding for three days after he allegedly mowed down Kaveri Nakhwa, 45, with the BMW on June 7 at Worli, was arrested on Tuesday.

Police sources have said that one of the two sisters had picked up Mihir from his friend’s place in Goregaon and dropped him near Thane. After that Mihir, his two sisters and mother hid themselves in different hotels in Thane, near Nashik and in Murbad.

The family members were travelling in a hired car and the police have detained their driver and another person as well.

Crime branch teams were looking for Mihir and his family members in a parallel hunt under the supervision of JCP Lakhmi Gautam and DCP Datta Nalawade.

Mihir was suspected to have consumed alcohol at Global Tapas Bar before the incident. The speeding BMW, owned by the ruling party leader, rammed into a two-wheeler Kaveri was travelling on along with her husband Pradeep Nakhwa, 50. The BMW dragged her on its bonnet for nearly 2 km before flinging her on the road, the police said.

The couple were heading to Worli Koliwada to sell fish bought from Crawford Market. Pradeep was injured in the accident.