14 December,2025 08:22 PM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Further investigation is underway to identify and trace the absconding driver, police said. Representational pic
In a tragic hit-and-run incident, two youth were killed after their scooter was allegedly hit by an unidentified speeding vehicle near the Dahisar Metro Station Bridge along the Western Express Highway in Mumbai early on Sunday.
The victims have been identified as Zahir Amlani (28), a resident of Mira Road (East), Thane, and his friend Irshad Hussain (age unknown), both employed with a private company in Bangur Nagar in Malad (West).
According to Dahisar Police sources, the complaint in the case is Amlani's mother Nazmin (48). She told the police that her son had left for work at around 11 am on Saturday and was expected to return home by 9 pm. When he failed to return by 12.30 am, she contacted him, during which he assured her that he would leave shortly and informed her that Hussain was accompanying him.
Around 3 am, Nazmin received a call from Dahisar Police, informing her that her son and his friend had met with a serious road accident near the metro station and were shifted to Shatabdi Hospital in Kandivali (West). Upon reaching the hospital along with her brother-in-law, the family was informed that both victims had been declared dead before admission.
Police investigations revealed that around 1.40 am, Amlani and Hussain were travelling home on a scooter when an unknown vehicle, allegedly being driven at a high speed and in a rash and negligent manner, hit the two-wheeler on the northbound carriageway of Western Express Highway near the Dahisar Metro Bridge.
A tourist vehicle driver, Rohit Sutar (28), who was passing through the area, reportedly noticed the scooter lying on the roadside and the victims grievously injured on the highway. Suspecting that an unknown vehicle had run them over, he alerted the police control room.
"The victims were rushed to Shatabdi Hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival. We have registered a case under relevant sections of BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) against an unknown vehicle driver for causing death due to rash and negligent driving and for fleeing the spot without providing medical assistance. Further investigation is underway to identify and trace the absconding driver," said an officer from Dahisar Police Station.
