Maha: Doctor killed in road accident in Bhiwandi

A 55-year-old doctor was run over by a speeding vehicle in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Thursday, when Dr Mohammad Bashir Momin, a resident of Busar Mohalla, was travelling to his clinic on his two-wheeler, senior inspector Maloji Shinde of Narpoli police station said.

An unidentified vehicle rammed into the two-wheeler and ran over the victim at Valpada, the official said.

The victim's body was sent for a post-mortem, while a case under relevant sections of the IPC and Motor Vehicles Act has been registered in this regard, he added.

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