Thane, March 26 A 42-year-old businessman was killed after a speeding car, allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy, hit his bicycle in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.
The boy fled the scene after the incident, which occurred on an unfinished section of the Kalyan Ring Road around 8 pm on Tuesday, and was apprehended on Wednesday, they said.
The victim, Srinivas Tandle, owner of several garment stores, had started cycling for fitness on the day of the accident.
While he was riding, a car swerved at high speed, throwing him off his bicycle, and the driver fled the scene, a police official said.
The businessman was later taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, he said.
Police identified the car from CCTV footage and tracked the damaged vehicle to the parking lot of the building where the boy resided in Kalyan. The teenager was subsequently detained, the official said.
"An FIR has been registered against the juvenile for reckless and negligent driving under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act," an official at the Khadakpada police station said.
Locals expressed anger, pointing out that the unfinished Barave-Vadavali stretch of the Kalyan Ring Road has become a hotspot for stunts and speeding.
On February 21, a 50-year-old man was seriously injured in a similar accident.
Residents have demanded the urgent installation of barriers and the completion of pending roadwork to ensure safety.