Mumbai: A junior college student was killed after the bike he was riding pillion on was hit by a speeding tempo near Jari Mari Maxus Cinema in Sakinaka, and he was thrown in the air before landing on the road and suffering severe chest injuries, police said.Sakinaka police said they arrested the tempo driver, Mohammed Rizwan (29), after he was traced with the help of a photograph of the vehicle shot by a pedestrian on a mobile phone. The deceased, Wakas Shaikh, a second-year science student, succumbed to injuries 12 hours later while undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar.Shaikh was on leave for the last few days and had resumed Class 12 only three days ago after recovering from ill health. “My nephew left for college as usual at 6.45pm and learnt about the accident when I and my elder brother Ahmed (Wakas’s father) was in the same office where we are employed. At 12.53pm my brother received a call on his mobile from Central Hospital in Sakinaka informing that Wakas had met with an accident near Jari Mari Maxus Cinema in Sakinaka. We rushed to the hospital and saw Wakas was undergoing medical treatment in the ICU,” the deceased’s uncle Faizal Riyaz Ahmed Shaikh (31) told TOI on Saturday.The doctor told the deceased’s uncle that his nephew was in a critical condition due to a chest injury from the vehicle collision. “A person, Umar, who brought him to the hospital had taken a photo of the vehicle that hit my nephew and caused the accident on his mobile. He sent that photo to Wakas’s father which we shared with the police,” said Faizal.Police said Shaikh was riding pillion with his college friend when the speeding tempo hit their bike from behind. “He was riding pillion with his college friend when the speeding tempo hit their bike from behind. He succumbed at 2.10am on Aug 12,” said the police.Sakinaka police senior inspector Avinash Mandle said Rizwan was apprehended a few hours later after he sped from the spot fearing an attack by a furious mob. He was charged with causing death by negligence and rash or negligent driving, and was released on bail after serving notice as the section amounts to less than seven years’ imprisonment.Wakas was the eldest among the five siblings of Ayaz Shaikh.
