Rogue driver knocked biker down night before he killed school kids

Driver Shivkumar Kandu who ran over the children as they crossed the road on Monday morning PicsHanif PatelHawari Alman Kadir and Aditya Prajapati would have been alive had the police acted against Shivkumar Kandu in time The children were mowed down by Kandu a truck driver in Nalasopara East on Monday morningTurns out the two werenrsquot his first victims He had knocked down a biker just the night before but the police failed to take action against himWhile Hawari Alman Kadir inset died Hawarirsquos mother Afsana Begam Akhtar Hussain was injured Another toddler died and two others were left injuredAround 1230 am on Monday Kandu 30 dashed into a biker in Nirman Nagar Nalasopara fracturing his arm Three passersby MNS workers Aslam Khan and Rohan Nerulkar and Harendra Pandey were drawn to the accident spot hearing the bikerrsquos criesAlso Read Kids crushed to death on their way to school at NalasoparaRohan Nerulkar left and Aslam Khan who nabbed Kandu along with others and took him to Tulinj police stationSoon a crowd gathered most of whom were allegedly Kandursquos friends The driver resided nearbyApathetic policeKhan MNSrsquos city transport president said they took the driver as well as the biker to Tulinj police station in Nalasopaora but the police were apathetic ldquoInstead of taking the biker to a hospital they waited for his brotherrsquos arrival The police didnrsquot move an inch to help the biker When the brother arrived almost half an hour later the constable who was manning the station asked him to take the biker to a hospitalrdquoOne of the two children Hawari Alman Kadir who was crushed to death by the truck driver in Nalasopara on Monday morning left Rohan Nerulkar and Aslam Khan at the spot where the motorcyclist was knocked down on Sunday nightThe bikerrsquos rescuers alleged that no complaint was filed in the case and Kandu was left scotfreeRohan Nerulkar an MNS shakha pramukh of Vasai alleged that the driver was drunk at the time ldquoI could smell alcohol on him but the police performed no test to confirm this Had the policemen acted promptly the two schoolchildren who were killed hours later would have been sparedrdquoThe truck that crushed the children on MondayRules flouted CopsPrakash Birajdar senior PI Tilunj police station said the errant constable Yuvraj Javade had been questioned ldquoHe said a case was not filed as the complainant did not return from the hospital to the police stationrdquoRead Story Bus turns turtle at WEH after crashing into truckThe inspector however pointed out that regardless of the victimrsquos return the constable should have at least made an entry in the station diary ldquoNone of the rules was followed This indicates some kind of malafide intention We will probe this furtherrdquoThe findings of the probe will offer little solace to the families of Kadir and Prajapati Itrsquos clear that had the police initiated proceedings against Kandu the horrifying accident around 10 am the same day in Nalasopara could have been easily avertedKandursquos rash driving had left three persons who were crossing the road with the kids Parjapatirsquos uncle Satishkumar Yadav 25 Kadirrsquos mother Afsana Begam 35 and Sandeep Vishwakarma with grievous injuriesThe tragedy had provoked locals to go berserk They roughed up Kandu and created a ruckus in the area The police had to resort to a lathicharge to disperse them