Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed his “alarm” at the “rise in hit-and-run incidents” in the State on Monday and said that he has directed the police to take strict action against such cases, adding that the “guilty will not be spared.”
“I have directed the State Police department to handle these cases with the utmost seriousness and ensure justice is served. In addition, we are implementing stricter laws and harsher penalties for hit-and-run offenders,” Shinde said in a post on his social media platform X today.
He said it was “intolerable” that “the powerful and influential misuse their status to manipulate the system. Such miscarriages of justice will not be tolerated by my Government.”
Shinde said, “The lives of the ordinary citizens are precious to us. I have directed the State Police Department to handle these cases with the utmost seriousness and ensure justice is served. In addition, we are implementing stricter laws and harsher penalties for hit-and-run offenders.
He added that the administration is working to provide justice to the victims and their families. “No one, whether rich, influential or the offspring of bureaucrats or ministers, affiliated with any party, will have the immunity as long as I am the Chief Minister of the Stat. I have zero tolerance for justice,” Shinde said.
“Let it be clear: my administration stands firmly with the victims and their families. We are committed to creating a safer Maharashtra for all its citizens,” the Maharashtra Chief Minister said.
Worli Hit and Run Case
The Mumbai Police has formed 14 teams to arrest Mihir Shah who has been missing since the car he was allegedly driving hit a scooter on Dr Annie Besant Road in Worli on Sunday. A lookout notice has been issued for Mihir, who is absconding. On July 7, Mihir’s father Rajesh Shah and another person Raj Rishi Rajendra Singh Vidawat were arrested for not cooperating with the police.