‘Who killed my only son,' asks father of Mumbai man killed on WEH in Andheri

It has been a month since the mysterious death of a 28yearold financial investment executive on the Andheri flyover of Western Express Highway WEH But there has been zero headway in the investigation said the deceasedrsquos father who asked ldquoWho killed my only sonrdquoThe deceased Bhupendra Sawant was returning home from his Lower Parel office on March 24 evening He spoke to his wife Vaishnavi minutes before he received mysterious injuries on the WEH He succumbed to them within 48 hours at a private hospital in AndheriSawant who was his familyrsquos sole breadwinner was due to be promoted in April and he was very happy about this achievement his family saidSawant got married in December 2021 His sixmonthold girl is too young to understand that her father is no more His wife Vaishnavi said that the investigating officer does not seem to be serious about solving the case The Andheri police registered a first information report FIR 13 days after the incident against an unknown person The bereaved family members accused the investigation officer SubInspector Samadhan Supe of delaying the procedure to retrieve crucial CCTV footage despite their earnest requestslsquoComplete failurersquoldquoIt is a complete failure on the part of the Mumbai police The intentions of PSI Supe are questionable because there has been no headway in the case which he registered 13 days after my son received brutal injuries on the roadrdquo said Sawantrsquos grieving father Rajan 52ldquoPSI Supe had told us that it was a hitandrun case but failed to provide me any proof as such because the injuries he received to his skull neck and back do not correspond to the damage seen on his scooterrdquo Rajan said The police claim that the entire city is under the surveillance of CCTV cameras but when solving such complex cases investigators unfailingly say the footage is unclear CCTVs were not working or the incident was not captured In this case too PSI Supe told the family that the hard disk of a CCTV camera got corrupted ldquoHow it is possible There are multiple CCTV cameras on the stretch where my son was found in bloodstained clothes and red footwear of his was missing The IO was quick to tell us that the CCTV footage got corrupt and hence nothing could be retrievedhelliprdquo said RajanSawantrsquos maternal uncle Shyam Malankar at the spot where the youth was found PicAnurag AhireldquoIf my son was hit by some vehicle why did the scooter not receive any such dent There were multiple cracks on my sonrsquos skull and his helmet is missing Was it really a hitandrun or road rage or did my son lose control over his scooter and skid due to bad road conditions Everything will be clear if the Mumbai police show us the CCTV footagehellip if Supe is not able to solve the case or does not intend to do so I request the Mumbai police to give the case to some competent officer to bring relief to this restless mindrdquo Rajan saidldquoI only need to know who killed my son Why the Mumbai police is unable to solve my case Will the commissioner reply as to why there was a delay in registering the FIR Where should I go to get the answers to these questionsrdquo the teary father told midday while his wife Rekha looked on silently at their residence in Jogeshwari EastWifersquos recollectionsVaishnavi said her husband would always commute via train to his Lower Parel office but March 24 was Sunday and Holika Dahan so he preferred to take the scooter so he could return soonldquoIt was the first Holi for our daughter My husband was supposed to join us in a puja after returning home After completing his work he left at 730 pm and made a stop at Bandra at 9 pm Over there he told me that he would reach home in the next 1520 minutes as there was almost zero trafficrdquo she recalledldquoI waited for him till 930 pm and called him at 935 pm but I was shocked when someone else received the call and told me to go to the trauma care centre in Jogeshwari I informed my inlaws and rushed there immediately His clothes were bloodstained and he was unconsciousrdquo she addedThe family learnt that Sawant had been brought to the emergency ward in a tempo ldquoA few motorcyclists had noticed my husband lying injured on the road they stopped a tempo loaded him and the driver brought him to the centre at 919 pmrdquo she saidldquoSomething happened between 9 pm and 915 pm on the Andheri flyover beneath the Mumbai Metro track The cops need to investigate what happened in these 15 minutesrdquo she added midday has learnt that the Andheri police has recorded the statement of tempo driver but still there is no headway in the caselsquoWho called control roomrsquoRajan said ldquoI have been told that before my injured son was transported to the hospital someone had also informed the Mumbai police control room Who was that person Why is the Andheri police not approaching the caller to know what he had noticedrdquoBhupendrarsquos maternal uncle Shyam Malankar had been continuously following up with the police to register the FIR but Supe told him to wait as he was in Delhi and would register the case once he was back according to RajanCopSpeakWhen contacted Supe said ldquoThere is no eyewitness or CCTV footage The accident occurred on the WEH where nearly 200 vehicles pass in a minute So it will be really tough to find out which vehicle hit him Also the deceased was riding the scooter without a helmet If he was he would not have succumbed to his head injuries Our investigations are underwayrdquo