Nephew of Pune MP arrested after SUV rammed bike on national highway, 1 dead

A 19-year-old man died when the car of a Maharashtra MP’s nephew hit a bicycle on the Pune-Nashik national highway last night.

Police have registered a case and arrested Mayur Mohite, the nephew of Dilip Mohite Patil, MP from Khed Alandi constituency in Pune district. Dilip Mohite Patil belongs to the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

The victim has been identified as Om Bhalerao. A police official told news agency PTI that the Toyota Fortuner SUV driven by Mayur Mohite came from the wrong side and hit the motorcycle head-on. Further investigation, police said, is on.

In a media statement after the accident, the MP said his nephew did not flee the scene of the accident. He also stressed that he was not drunk.

The incident has once again put reckless driving in Pune under the spotlight. Last month, two 24-year-old software engineers died when a speeding Porsche, allegedly driven by the 17-year-old son of a prominent real estate agent, rammed their motorcycle from behind.

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