Mumbai: A court here on Friday remanded in 14-day judicial custody the driver of the sports utility vehicle (SUV) that rammed into multiple vehicles at the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, killing five persons. The SUV driver, Irfan Abdul Rahim Bilakiya, was arrested from his residence in Mohammed Ali Road area in south Mumbai on Wednesday, hours after the accident, and was produced in court after his one-day police custody ended.
While the police sought further custody claiming the probe was still one, the accused's advocates Vikram Chavan and Chandni Bhatt from C K Legal opposed it saying Bilakiya himself was a victim of the accident. Claiming he was not given treatment, the advocates also said it was contributed negligence as the authorities could have barricaded the sea link if there was an accident and prevented a further mishap.
Bilakiya was helping people there and didn't flee from the accident spot, the advocates told court.