Overview

• A 42-year-old fisherman, Suhas Shankar Jathari, died after a Volkswagen rear-ended a Mahindra pickup near the Shelghar toll point on Atal Setu in Navi Mumbai.
• Jathari fell from the pickup and suffered severe head injuries; toll staff took him and driver Abhishek Sharad Jawalekar to MGM Hospital, where Jathari was declared dead.
• The group was returning to Murud from Mumbai’s Sassoon Dock around 6:30 a.m. after selling fish, according to Ulwe police.
• Police identified the car driver as Farouk Homi Komiseriyat, 59, who was taken into custody and later released after being served a notice to appear.
• Investigators cite preliminary evidence of rash and negligent driving; the FIR invokes BNS Sections 106(1), 281, 125(A), 125(B) and Motor Vehicles Act Section 184, with the probe ongoing.