Overview
- Outside the Taj Resort late Sunday, a Mini Cooper hit a motorcycle carrying two staffers heading home from shift, killing 23-year-old front desk worker Diksha Parwadkar and critically injuring rider D Arunkumar.
- Police arrested Darius Dias on Monday and registered an FIR for causing death by negligence under Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with motor vehicle offences.
- Officers reported a negative breath test and said blood analysis is pending, with an estimated 50-metre throw of the victims indicating high speed at impact.
- The car bore a temporary registration and appeared newly purchased, details investigators noted while tracing its route near the Dona Paula crossing by the hotel.
- Parwadkar’s family has alleged poor communication from authorities and rejected talk of a settlement, and police are assessing whether graver charges such as culpable homicide could apply based on the forensic findings.