Same Ferrari caught again for over speeding at Worli

A 25-year-old businessman was arrested by the police for rashly driving a car in the wee hours of Sunday.

The arrested person has been identified as John Postale, a resident of Peddar Road.

The seized car, a Ferrari, also caught the attention of police commissioner Rakesh Maria. Maria, while returning home from a function, stopped at the spot where the car was intercepted and took stock of the case.

Interestingly, the same vehicle was involved in a car-racing incident in March last year. In fact, a policeman from Worli police station was suspended for implicating the vehicle owner’s driver in that case.

According to Vinayak Deshmukh, deputy commissioner of police (Zone III), a nakabandi was put up near Atria Mall at Worli between 2.15am and 3.15am. “Around 2.30am, a Ferrari that was being driven at high speed southwards towards Haji Ali. The vehicle was intercepted by our team,” he said.

He added that a friend of Pascal was also present in the vehicle. “Postale was booked and arrested under section 279 of the Indian Penal Code for rash driving. He was later released on bail. The driver was not drunk,” Deshmukh said.

There were reports that the Ferrari overtook police chief Rakesh Maria’s vehicle and was later intercepted at the nakabandi. When asked about this, Deshmukh said, “The commissioner who was also traveling towards south, saw the car, made a few inquiries and left.”

“The driver did not have any papers related to the vehicle when it was caught. Hence, the vehicle was seized,” said senior police inspector Sunil Jain of Worli police station.

“In March last year, the same Ferrari was intercepted by the Worli police during a nakabandi while it was racing with another car. The incident had taken place at Worli sea face. In that case, a sub-inspector had implicated the drivers of the two intercepted cars. He was later suspended,” said Madhukar Pandey, additional commissioner of police, central region.