Mumbai BMW hit-and-run: ‘Kaveri could have been anyone’s mother’

Almost everyone in Mumbai’s Worli Koliwada’s Tare Galli locality, knows Kaveri Nakhwa as a generous, kind, hardworking woman, who always wore a bright smile. Mihir’s father, Rajesh Shah, in whose name the car was registered, was arrested by the Mumbai Police along with the driver, Rajrishi Bidawat on July 7. Refuting media reports and the police statement that Kaveri was dragged for 100 meters or 1.5 km, Pradeep says, “The distance from Ceejay House to Sea Link is 10.9 km and it takes at least 20 minutes to drive there.” The taxi driver suggested they go to the police station, he says. “I informed the Worli Police Station and within 15 minutes the control room said that a woman’s body was found at the Sea Link.” The same day, the police had taken him back to the scene of death for an initial investigation. Milind Deora tweeted on X, “I visited late Kaveri Nakhwa’s family, who was killed in the Worli hit-and-run case, to express my deepest condolences and to assure them of my unwavering support in helping them get justice.” On July 11, CM Shinde announced financial aid of ₹10 lakh from the CM’s relief fund for the Nakhwa family and said that action will be taken against all the pubs and bars that operate late into the night.