Is this the car that flung Thane executive to death?

A month after a speeding BMW flung a twowheeler rider off a flyover on Western Express Highway killing him instantly a garage owner approached the police on Monday saying a similar car was brought into his Andheri garage on the day of the accident But the cops paid no heed to him and the car owner too quickly took his car back the same day The garage owner said a report in midday on Monday made him suspect the carrsquos role in the mishapThe highend garage owner who did not want to be named for this report said when he saw middayrsquos September 26 report about the accident he suspected that the car lying in his garage could have been involved in the hitandrun accident On August 29 JP Morgan executive Harry Bastian 32 was killed when he was flung off the Sai Dham flyover at 320 am after a speeding BMW hit him from behind and did not stopAlso read WEH accident lsquoWhy wonrsquot they find out who killed my husbandrsquoEye witnesses Mehboob Alam black tshirt Akash Zare white Tshirt and Ganeshan ChettiyarPolice later found CCTV images of the car at the Dahisar toll naka midday had published this in its September 26 report A few hours after middayrsquos report the garage owner approached MIDC police to inform them about a BMW car with its front left bumper damaged lying in his garage ldquoBut the police took it lightly and I came back to my workrdquo said the garage owner He said the car was brought to his garage at 920 pm on August 29Satish Gaikwad of MIDC police said ldquoThe garage owner should have approached Samata Nagar police station as the policeman might have not understood the seriousness of the matter when he garage owner approached him to extend help He should contact me I will do the needfulrdquo After middayrsquos report investigating officer Vinod Chimada of Samata Nagar police said ldquoIt is not BMW but itrsquos a Skoda carhellip but the number is not legible in the CCTV footagerdquoVictim and Thane resident Harry Bastian was returning home on his twowheeler after work when the mishap took place ldquoHe was wearing a helmet when he fell down I rushed to help him boarded him in an auto rickshaw and he breathed last on the way to the hospitalrdquo said Mehboob Alam alias Mohsin the eyewitnessldquoThe accident took place on the flyover and I was down The other road users who saw the car that hit Harry from behind shouted from the flyover saying lsquoBMW car ne udaya hai uskohelliprsquo the people who saw the accident said it was a BMW not Skodardquo said Mohsin who was assisted by his friends Akash Zare and Ganeshan Chettiyar to rush Harry to hospitalInvestigating officer Vinod ChimadaHarryrsquos relatives accused the Samata Nagar police of not doing their best to crack the case ldquoThe police officers first kept telling us that it was a BMW that killed my son But after midday published the article investigating officer Vinod Chimada told me on Monday that it was not BMW but a Skoda carrdquo Harryrsquos mother Elizabeth Bastian saidldquoVinod is not showing me any CCTV footage of the accident The police told me that the number plate is not legible in the CCTV footage Is there only one CCTV camera on the stretchrdquo The mother said she wonrsquot give up ldquoI will go everyday to police station to fight for the justice of my son He was a very promising son he was killed by a reckless car driver my son was only 32 and he has left us behindrdquo she sobbedHarryrsquos cousin Clement Dass said Chimada called him hours after middayrsquos report ldquoHe Chimada was like yelling at me asking why I went to mediahellipnaturally I would seek someonersquos help when the cops are not doing anything for one monthhelliprdquoDass said Harryrsquos other relatives said the investigating officer lost his cool when they visited the police station on Monday ldquoTumlogon ne mera dimaag kharab kar ke rakha haihellip take this file and go to senior inspectorhellipask him to transfer the case to a different policemanrdquo said a relative quoting the police officer The car owner told midday ldquoMy car met with an accident at Borivli in the first week of August I did not dash any road user The car was sent to the garage in the second week of AugustrdquoThis newspaper has learnt that the colour of the BMW changed nine times as its ownership changed hands ldquoIt was a modified car I had partly modified it but the payment of Rs 150 lakh was pending When the car was brought to our garage on August 29 I asked him where he met with an accident He replied saying lsquodivider se lag gayarsquordquo said the garage ownerldquoAfter doing paper work I kept the car in the garage and did not start any repair I asked him to clear the pending amount but he paid no heed to my requesthellipso his damaged car was kept aside in the garage But after midday published the story on Monday I suspected that it is the same car as it was brought to my garage on August 29 nightrdquo said the garage owner ldquoAlso the car owner got suspicious when he learnt that I visited MIDC police station to inform cops He got panicked He told me that he would clear the pending bills immediately but he wants the car backrdquo he said ldquoHe the car owner paid my pending bill of Rs 150 lakh and took back the car around 230 am on September 27 I could not stop him as he cleared my billsrdquo