Audi driver who killed one and injured three in Mundhwa was drunk, police confirmed

While the Porsche crash case is still fresh in Punekars’ minds, another similar accident took place in the early hours of Friday, this time involving an Audi.

A 21-year-old food delivery boy, identified as Rauf Akbar Shaikh, was killed after an Audi driven by a senior executive of a private company hit the two-wheeler he was riding in the Mundhwa area around 1.30 am. Audi driver Ayush Pradip Tayal (34, resident of Hadapsar), who fled the accident scene after the accident, was arrested from his residence.

Speaking to The Free Press Journal, Neelkanth Jagtap, senior police inspector of Mundhwa police station, said, “Tayal was driving his car from ABC Road towards Tadi Gutta Chowk in an inebriated state when he first hit a two-wheeler. people (two women and one man) riding the two-wheeler were injured. The car then hit another two-wheeler and the impact was such that the rider, Shaikh, was seriously injured and succumbed to his injuries.”

After the accident, Tayal escaped from the spot, Jagtap said. However, based on CCTV footage, the police identified the license plate of his car. They got his address and telephone number from the RTO. Jagtap added that Tayal was detained later in the morning from his residence in Hadapsar.

A case has been registered against Tayal under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Motor Vehicles Act. The car has also been seized.

Further research is being conducted.