2 brothers killed and 3 others injured after car catches fire in Mumbai’s Sion

Assistant Police Inspector Dilip Chavan said, “The five had consumed alcohol at a party. We are trying to find out where the party was. After the party, they were headed to Marine Drive for a joyride when the incident took place. We will be registering an FIR against the driver since was driving under the influence of alcohol”.

According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Prem Waghela, 18, and Ajay Waghela, 20. Harsh Kadam, 20, suffered 60 to 70 per cent burn injuries, and Hitesh Bhoir, 25, and driver Kunal Attar, 25 also received major burn injuries, a fire official said.

According to Chavan, Kadam, who sustained severe burn injuries, is still in serious condition and Bhoir and Attar are out of danger. The officer added they would place Attar under arrest after he was better.

An officer from Sion police station said that the incident took place around 4.24 am, on B A Road in the Matunga area.

After their car caught fire, the locks on the left doors of the car got jammed and the five men could not get out of the vehicle, an officer said. Some residents alerted the fire and police personnel who rushed to the spot.

Firefighters doused the flames and rushed the injured to the Sion Hospital, he said.

Another officer from Sion police station said four of the five car occupants were residents of Mankhurd. The officer added Attar lives in Nerul and came to know the four others as his wife is from Mankhurd.