Tobacco tycoon K K Mishra’s son arrested in Kanpur’s Lamborghini crash case; gets bail later
After a local court refused to take the family’s driver into custody, Kanpur Police moved to arrest Shivam Mishra this morning; the accused will be produced in court by afternoon.
3 min readLucknowUpdated: Feb 12, 2026 05:17 PM IST
Shivam Mishra (centre), son of local tobacco baron K K Mishra, being produced at a court after his arrest in connection with the high-profile Lamborghini crash that left several people injured on the VIP Road earlier this week, in Kanpur, Thursday. (UP Police via PTI Photo)
Kanpur Police Thursday arrested tobacco tycoon K K Mishra’s son, Shivam Mishra, in connection with the high-profile Lamborghini Revuelto crash in the city earlier this week. He was produced in court and later released on bail.
On Sunday evening, the luxury vehicle rammed into several vehicles and injured four commuters in the Gwaltoli area. While no one suffered serious injuries, a Bullet motorcycle and an auto rickshaw were damaged.
A case had been lodged against Shivam under BNS sections 281 (rash or negligent driving), 125 A (hurt by rash/negligent act) and 125 B (grievous hurt by rash/negligent act) among key charges.
An official at Gwaltoli police station confirmed to The Indian Express that Shivam was arrested from Kanpur this morning.
In the afternoon, he was produced before the court. His counsel opposed the arrest, claiming that police violated set legal procedures.
While the police claimed Shivam was arrested for not cooperating with the investigation, the counsel claimed the police did not serve any notice to his client in this regard. The counsel also stated that the BNS sections invoked against Shivam carry sentences of less than seven years and are bailable, yet the police proceeded with the arrest.
The decision over Shivam’s remand and bail has not been pronounced by the court yet.
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The damaged Lamborghini seized by the Gwaltoli police station. (ANI Photo)
Twists and turns in the case
Following the crash, the Mishra family had alleged it was a driver, and not Shivam, who was behind the wheel.
KK Mishra, whose company manufactures and supplies tobacco to leading gutkha manufacturers in Kanpur and other parts of the country, arrived in Kanpur on Wednesday. Accompanied by a driver named Mohan, Mishra addressed the media and claimed that his son was not driving the car but was sitting beside the driver. He also said his son was undergoing treatment in a Delhi hospital.Mohan, appearing before a local court in Kanpur, also owned up to allegedly hitting vehicles and injuring passersby while driving the car. A surrender application was also filed in court — which was later rejected.
The court declined to take Mohan into custody, observing that police had stated he was neither wanted in the case nor had his name emerged during the probe. According to the Prosecuting Officer, Kanpur, Nagendra Kumar Mishra, police, in its report, told the court that Shivam was driving the vehicle when the accident occurred.
Santosh Kumar, who was posted as SHO of Gwaltoli police station, had told The Indian Express that the car first hit a stationary Bullet parked on the roadside before ramming into other vehicles. The motorcycle owner, Vishal Tripathi, was sitting on the bike while his cousin, Sonu Tripathi, was standing close by when the car hit the vehicle, leaving the duo injured.
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The SHO was later removed from the post and sent to the Police Lines for not handling the matter as per legal procedures
The Mishra family lives in Delhi while their ancestral house is in Kanpur’s Arya Nagar locality.
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The damaged Lamborghini seized by the Gwaltoli police station. (ANI Photo)