Overview
- Jayprakash (Jaiprakash) Sharma, 63, died on Nov. 13 when his taxi went off an old, partially demolished bridge at Bhaucha Dhakka in south Mumbai.
- Local fishermen pulled him from the water and he was declared dead at J J Hospital, and the Yellow Gate police registered an Accidental Death Report.
- Police say the bridge had been demolished and partly reconstructed, and they are awaiting medical and toxicology results after not ruling out alcohol.
- An acquaintance, Dharmendra Dubey, has requested an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 100 and asked investigators to seize CCTV and conduct forensic tests.
- Family members allege there were no warning signs or barricades at the unsafe stretch and say the approach was blocked only after the fatal plunge.