Before Shivam’s arrest, the influential Mishra family tried to game the system and made multiple attempts to deflect the probe – efforts that ultimately failed.
Lamborghini car involved in the crash and Shivam Mishra after arrest. (ANI Photo)
Kanpur police on Thursday arrested 26-year-old Shivam Mishra, son of tobacco baron KK Mishra, in connection with the Lamborghini crash that left at least three people injured.
“Shivam Mishra has been arrested, and he will now be presented in court. We had received information that he has come to Kanpur, and our teams acted promptly and caught him,” Kanpur DCP Atul Srivastava said.
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However, before his arrest, the influential Mishra family tried to game the system and made multiple attempts to deflect the probe – efforts that ultimately failed. Below is how the case unfolded – from accident to alleged attempts to mislead the investigation and the arrest.
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The accident
On Sunday afternoon, the VVIP son of KK Mishra was behind the wheel of his luxury Lamborghini when he hit vehicles and rammed into pedestrians on VIP Road near Rev-3 Mall in the Gwaltoli area of Kanpur.
The car first hit an auto-rickshaw before ramming into a motorcycle and hitting several people. Videos of the accident showed Shivam Mishra’s bouncers pulling him out of the driver’s seat of the car.
Mishra family’s gameplan to save son
After the accident, Shivam Mishra fled the scene with the help of his security team. Initially, the Mishra family claimed that Shivam fell ill while driving the car, which led to the crash.
Shortly after that, police registered an FIR against an unidentified driver. However, as the public outrage grew and videos of Mishra being pulled out of the car went viral on social media, the FIR was updated and Shivam Mishra’s name was included.
Subsequently, Mishra’s lawyer Mrityunjay Kumar claimed that it was his client’s driver who was driving the car at the time of the accident. “Shivam was not driving; his driver, Mohan, was. This is an accident case. When he was not driving, then there can be no case against him,” Kumar said.
The police, however, rejected his claim, stating that the initial investigation had revealed that Shivam was behind the wheel.
Driver files ‘surrender application’ in court
A 45-year-old man claiming to be the driver of Shivam Mishra filed a surrender application before a Kanpur court. Identified as Mohan M, the man submitted that it was him who was driving the car when it crashed.
This plan of the Mishra family failed as the Kanpur court rejected his surrender application. The court noted that the police had stated that the probe didn’t find Mohan behind the wheel.
A Kanpur court has rejected a surrender application filed by a 45-year-old man who claimed he was driving the Lamborghini that allegedly rammed into several vehicles and injured a person on Sunday evening.
Shivam granted bail
Shivam Mishra was finally arrested on Thursday, four days after the incident. He was produced before a local court, which granted him bail. According to Mishra’s lawyer Naresh Chandra Tripathi, the Court refused the remand and granted him bail, an undertaking of Rs 20,000 and a personal bond of Rs 20,000.
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