The kind-hearted family of a Napean Sea Road garment trader who was run over by a taxi while trying to save a kite on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link is now trying to save the cabbie, who has been arrested for rash driving. Amar Jariwala’s parents said the taxi driver was not at fault and they don’t want his family to suffer.

Jariwala’s family said he believed in Jivdaya—being compassionate towards all living beings. His vehicle was on the sea link when a kite somehow hit the windshield of his car and fell. When Jariwala got out to check on the bird, a taxi hit him. Jariwala died and his driver was wounded after the taxi him, too.