Sea Link

Why did Raj Travels owner walk 2 km before killing himself?

Mumbai: While the country, and the tourism industry in particular, is trying to come to terms with losing one of its doyens in such an unfortunate manner, the probe into the suicide of Raj Travels owner Lalit Sheth has thrown up a few interesting posers. Cops are still trying to work out how and why did Sheth cover a distance of 2 km to reach Bandra-Worli Sea Link " from where he leapt to his death on Wednesday " after getting off his car at Worli Dairy.

This is the version of the deceaseds driver Ajit Jha, who, so far, appears to be the last person to have seen Sheth alive. Jha had told us that Sheth got down at the Worli Dairy to make some calls. When he did not return and his son Akash could not reach him on the phone, the latter took a cab and reached the sea link and found the suicide note in the backseat of his fathers Volkswagen Vento. He then informed Worli police and later fishermen recovered Sheths body from the sea near Vetal temple, said a police officer from Dadar.

Cops suspect Jha is not telling the whole truth. We will record his statement once again. We think he is afraid and is telling lies as the family had asked him to take care of Sheth, who had been under stress for some period of time, confirmed Prakash Patil, senior inspector, Dadar police station. Akash told us that

05:41 PM, Aug 03, 2012

Mumbai: No more toll queues on Bandra-Worli sea link

by Mid-Day.com,

Mumbai: In a city besieged with long traffic queues, the latest initiative by the transport authorities will come as a relief to motorists. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) and the toll-collecting agency Mumbai Entry Point Limited (MEPL) introduced an electronic-toll payment system on Bandra-Worli Sea Link yesterday. The decision to adopt this system comes after motorists using the sea link have been complaining that they waste precious time...

05:38 PM, Aug 03, 2012

Raj Travels owner Lalit Sheth commits suicide

by Press Trust of India

Mumbai: India's leading leisure travel service provider Raj Travels' owner Lalit Sheth on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the Bandra Worli Sea Link bridge in central Mumbai, police said. "56-year-old Sheth, who owns Raj Travels, jumped from the sea link bridge this afternoon, leaving a suicide note," Deputy Police Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni told PTI. According to police, Sheth asked his driver to stop the car on the bridge...

12:15 PM, Aug 02, 2012

Mumbai: MNS bikers break all rules on sea link

by Mid-Day.com,

Mumbai: While Mumbais bike riders are itching to feel the sea breeze in their hair on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), which is banned for two-wheelers, there were a few who managed to do it in style on Sunday. In a show of defiance against toll nakas, party workers of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) not only enjoyed a leisurely bike ride on the sea link, but also managed to do...

03:48 PM, Jul 30, 2012

Sea link tweet gets Mandy Bedi hubby in trouble

by Mid-Day.com,

The construction company that built the Bandra Worli Sea Link has lodged a complaint "unknown persons" for spreading rumours about a link wire collapse. Police will also investigate whether Raj Kaushal and others posted damaging tweets advising commuters to avoid the link. On March 23 Mumbaikars were flooded with rumours of a wire collapse at the Bandra Worli Sea Link. On Saturday, makers of the bridge, Hindustan Construction Company (HCC),...

01:49 PM, Mar 28, 2011

Drunk driving causes car crash on Worli Sea Link

by Mid-Day.com,

Mumbai: The prosecution for the Bandra-Worli Sea Link accident on Monday could lose key evidence if doctors fail to ascertain whether the driver, Ranjeet Kamble, had consumed alcohol before driving. The matter assumes significance after people known to him alleged that he could have been drunk while driving. On Monday, Kamble, a resident of BDD Chawl, Worli, had rammed a Toyota carrying nine other people into a divider close to...

07:19 PM, Mar 23, 2011

Cong refuses to comment on Bachchan row

by IANS

The Congress' criticism of Bachchan followed protest by some party workers last week. ...

07:38 AM, Apr 01, 2010

Is Congress unfairly targeting Big B?

Amitabh Bachchan takes on the Maharashtra Chief Minister saying he can prove that he was invited for the Bandra-Worli Sea Link inauguration. So is the Congress unfairly targeting Bollywood's biggest icon? ...

11:39 PM, Mar 25, 2010