

Updated On: 11 July, 2024 06:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
As BMC demolishes part of Juhu bar, “without any notice”, and excise department seals it, owners claim Mihir Shah showed them fake ID

BMC demolishes illegal portions of the Vice Global Tapas Bar. Pics/Anurag Ahire
Did the son of a Shiv Sena leader and the accused in the Worli hit-and-run case mislead the Juhu bar about his age to drink hard liquor like Jack Daniel’s whiskey? This is the question the Worli police are trying to ascertain to strengthen their case against Mihir Shah. Officials have collected details of Shah and his friends from the bar where they allegedly consumed alcohol before leaving. Shah’s three friends were over 30, and records show that Shah is 23 years old.

However, the bar claims that Shah produced an identity card showing his age as 27, which is also reflected in his Facebook posts. Officials are currently verifying this claim. Sources from Vice Global Tapas Bar, accused of serving hard alcohol to the hit-and-run suspect, claim they did nothing wrong, yet their bar is being sealed by authorities. The bar’s representatives assert that they checked the identity cards of the group accompanying Shah, noting that most of the individuals were over 30 years old, and Shah himself was listed as 27 on both his ID card and his Facebook page.