NEW DELHI, Feb 12
The Kanpur Police on Thursday arrested Shivam Mishra, who was allegedly at the wheel when his Lamborghini hit several vehicles in the city four days ago. At least one person was injured in the accident.
Mishra was arrested from a hospital. Police said they have established that Mishra was driving the car when the accident took place on Kanpur’s VIP Road on February 8, Sunday.
Shivam Mishra is the son of tobacco businessman KK Mishra and resides in Arya Nagar. KK Mishra had earlier claimed that his son was undergoing treatment in Delhi. “We got information that he (Shivam Mishra) is in Kanpur. Five teams were formed, and we have arrested him, and he has been presented in court. In the investigation, it has been found that during the accident, Shivam Mishra was driving the car,” DCP, Central Kanpur, Atul Kumar Srivastava told news agency ANI.
The accident took place on February 8, when the luxury car hit an autorickshaw and a Bullet motorcycle before crashing into a pole near Jhula Park Crossing. According to eyewitness accounts, the car was moving at a high speed when the accident took place.
Driver claimed he was at the wheel The arrest came just a day after Mishra’s driver, Mohan, claimed that he was driving the car at the time of the incident. Mohan said that Shivam Mishra was sitting beside him and had a seizure and fell on him. A luxury car crash, a disputed driver, and CCTV evidence: Inside Kanpur’s Lamborghini case “He had a seizure. Suddenly, his arms and legs started shaking, and he fell on me. I was there (at the spot). I was there on the day the accident happened. The bouncer pulled me out (of the car),” Mohan was quoted as saying. Narendra Kumar Yadav,
Mishra’s lawyer, also stated that driver Mohan, through an affidavit, had claimed responsibility for the accident. Yadav today asserted that Shivam Mishra has been wrongly arrested as he was not driving the car. “The injured and the plaintiff in the case reached a settlement and have received all the compensation, and after receiving it, he has written a line below that he does not want any action in this case. Now that he has received the compensation, he does not want any action. After this, who can make a better plea than him? He himself has identified the driver,” Narendra Kumar Yadav said.
However, Kanpur Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal had also said that Mishra was driving the car and that is why his name was included in the FIR, which was originally filed against unknown persons. According to Lal, Mishra was established to be driving the car based on the evidence collected so far, including CCTV footage.
“When Shivam’s name comes up in our investigation, it means that we are satisfied that the driver was Shivam, so they can keep saying anything. We have CCTV footage. His name has been included in the FIR,” the Commissioner had stated.
The Kanpur Police had filed the case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, including Sections 281, 125(a), 125(b), and 324(4).
