The Worli police have learnt that the driver of the car that killed jogger Rajlaxmi Ramkrishnan, 58, at Worli Sea Face on Sunday morning had chosen the route on which the mishap occurred entirely on a whim. The vehicle was headed to Shivaji Park. A 23-year-old woman, who was in the vehicle, claimed to the police that she had refused to sit in the car as Sumer Merchant, 23, was in no state to drive after partying but accompanied the accused as he insisted on dropping her home.
 
Merchant was produced in court on Wednesday and has been sent to judicial custody. The Worli cops have recorded the statements of most of the friends present at the party at Merchant’s Tardeo-based home on the evening of March 18. The bash went on till the early hours of March 19 though many friends started leaving around midnight. Around 6 am, the woman and a male friend of the accused decided to head home. Merchant allegedly told them to wait and offered to drop them off.

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