Dadar Hit-And-Run: Flower Vendor Killed, Accused Driver on the Run

Mumbai, India:  A 43-year-old flower vendor, Ravindra Gupta, lost his life in a tragic hit-and-run accident in Dadar (West) early Saturday morning. The incident occurred at 5:32 AM in the Meenatai Thackeray flower market when a speeding car, driven by Neeraj Sudhakar Shetty (29), first crashed into a pickup truck and then hit Gupta’s Activa scooter from behind.

Local residents rushed Gupta to KEM Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Gupta, a resident of Katemanewali, Kalyan, had been working in the Dadar flower market for years and commuted daily for work.

His nephew, Amarjeet Gupta, lodged a complaint at Dadar police station, and a case has been registered under sections 304(A) (causing death by negligence) and 279 (rash driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The accused driver, Shetty, is currently absconding, and police have launched a manhunt to locate him.

Local residents have demanded stricter traffic regulations around the busy flower market to prevent such accidents in the future.