Mercedes crash: Woman driver surrenders before Nagpur police, gets arrested

A woman accused of mowing down two men while driving her Mercedes car under the influence of alcohol in Nagpur surrendered before police on Monday, more than four months after the crash, and was subsequently placed under arrest, officials said.

Ritika alias Ritu Maloo walked into a city police station where she was formally arrested in the evening after questioning, they said. Late last month, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court refused pre-arrest bail to the woman, saying no prudent person drives under the influence of alcohol and termed it as a serious misconduct. The incident occurred on February 25 on Nagpur's Ram Jhula bridge when Maloo drove her Mercedes car recklessly allegedly under the influence of alcohol and crashed into two men on a scooter. Both riders, Mohd Hussain Gulam Mustafa and Mohd Ateef Mohd Zia, sustained fatal injuries in the crash. Initially booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act for rash and negligent driving