Mumbai Hit-and-Run: 85-Year-Old Businessman Killed in Worli, Cop’s Son Identified as Accused

In another hit-and-run case in Mumbai's Worli, an 85-year-old businessman Balraj Parmanand Mehra was fatally hit by a speeding motorcycle. The accident occurred on Sunday, March 16, and the rider fled the scene immediately after the accident. After receiving the complaint local police check CCTV footage of nearby areas. After checking CCTV footage, police identified the suspect as Yash Nandkumar Gavkar, the 22-year-old son of a Mumbai Police constable. 

The Dadar Police have registered a case against the son of a police officer and detained him. The accused admitted that his motorcycle had struck the senior citizen. The victim, Mehra, a resident of Asha Mahal on Peddar Road, was walking along Dr Annie Besant Road on Sunday when an unidentified two-wheeler hit him.

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Mehra was rushed to the BYL Nair Hospital after the accident, where he succumbed to his injuries on Monday. Following the death of a businessman, police started searching the vehicle of Yash Nandkumar Gavkar, a chef at a Prabhadevi restaurant and a resident of Worli Koliwada.

#BREAKING An 85-year-old businessman, Balraj Parmanand Mehra, was fatally hit by a speeding bike in Worli. The rider fled, but CCTV footage helped identify Yash Nandkumar Gavkar (22), son of a Mumbai Police constable. Dadar Police registered a case and issued a notice: Mumbai… pic.twitter.com/ZrO4cqQVvF

— IANS (@ians_india) March 21, 2025

After being questioned by the police, the accused claimed that he stopped the bike after hitting Mehra and offered him medical assistance, but the victim refused and said his staff would take care of it, said police reported by Hindustan Times.

After the death of Mehra, his family filed a police complaint suspecting foul play by a building while is legal battle going int the court over a disputed three-storey property, Mehra House, on Hind Cycle Road in Worli. Mehra had previously approached the Bombay High Court, alleging threats, document forgery, and an attempted forced takeover of the property. 

 The case has been transferred to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), which is now reviewing its status. Gavkar has been booked under Sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 281 (rash and negligent driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023—both bailable offences.