Jun 12 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai)
Drunk lawyer got confused near home, started on the wrong way from Chembur
Ahmed Ali
Mumbai:


On the night of her drunken rampage, corporate lawyer Janhavi Gadkar did not get on the wrong lane of the Eastern Freeway from P D'Mello Road itself, believe the police.
Spurred by accounts of two witnesses, the RCF police, investigating the case, are on the verge of concluding that a sozzled Janhavi drove down the length of the Freeway from south Mumbai down the cor ect carriageway , exited at Chembur but got confused at he seven-point Shivaji Chowk circle near her house and drove back up on the southbound carriageway . After crossing the Panjarpol tunnel, he realized she was going the wrong way and took an illegal and extremely dangerous U urn on that carriageway and tarted driving north towards Chembur against the traffic.She scraped two Swifts and col ided with the taxi, killing two persons. The police are studying CCTV footage from four cameras -two at P D'Mello Road, and one each at Shivaji Chowk and Panjarpol naka -to finalize the route Janhavi took.“Scanning each CCTV footage is taking six to eight hours. We will soon come out with a clearer picture on her route,“ said a police officer.

Till that moment they are not ruling out the other two theories: driving over 11km down the wrong lane of Freeway from south Mumbai itself after partying with colleagues in south Mumbai pubs and the Wadala muddle.

Sources said the Wadala theory is that Janhavi drove till Bhakti Park, Wadala, down the north-bound lane of the Freeway , but got off the road via the RCF exit. She then took a U-turn below the road and drove back on the south-bound carriageway . Realising she was going back towards south Mumbai, she took a U-turn and started driving against the traffic, leading to the collision.