Nooriya denies drinking beer

Nooriya was arrested on Saturday morning for ramming her Honda CRV into a bike and a police jeep at Marine Drive in south Mumbai. The biker, Afzal Makhnejiya, and a sub-inspector of the traffic police, Dina Nath Shinde, were killed in the incident.

Deputy Police Commissioner Sanjay Mohite on Tuesday interrogated her for a couple of hours when she said she did not purchase 13 beer cans as claimed by the police during the events that led to the crash, the sources added. She also claimed she did not drink 450ml alcohol, sources said.

According to police, Nooriya in her earlier statement had said that she had consumed at least nine cans of beer after which she again purchased four more beer cans from Sheetal Centre wineshop in Gamdevi area. Some beer cans were found in the car.
Meanwhile, police have recorded the statement of Nooriya’s friends who were present at the pub. The statement of her friends Tholani, Patel, D’Souza and Mashruwala were recorded, police said adding that so far statements of 18 persons were recored in the case.