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The probe into the high-profile Lamborghini clang took a contentious turn connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) aft the baccy baron's lad Shivam Mishra's lawyer claimed that his lawsuit was not driving the luxury sports car erstwhile it rammed into pedestrians connected VIP Road, adjacent arsenic constabulary said CCTV footage, eyewitness accounts and different grounds intelligibly spot that helium was driving.
#WATCH | CCTV visuals of the Lamborghini car mishap successful Kanpur, provided by Kanpur Traffic Police
As per Kanpur Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal, the car driven by Shivam Mishra has been seized. An FIR has been registered. pic.twitter.com/v06iFbWGgZ
Mr. Mishra's counsel, Mrityunjay Kumar, told reporters that the conveyance was being driven by Mohan, a designated operator employed by Mr. Mishra’s family, and not Mr. Mishra himself.
"The car was being driven by the driver, not by Shivam Mishra. We volition contiguous the facts and grounds earlier the court," Mr. Kumar said, urging authorities to dainty the incidental arsenic an mishap alternatively than a transgression offence.
However, the Kanpur Police dismissed the claim, maintaining that the probe truthful acold has confirmed Mr. Mishra to beryllium the operator astatine the clip of the crash.
Commissioner of Police Raghubir Lal told PTI that disposable grounds and eyewitness statements corroborate Mr. Mishra's beingness astatine the wheel.
"An FIR whitethorn sometimes incorporate incorrect oregon incomplete details initially. During the investigation, Shivam Mishra's engagement was confirmed done evidence, CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts," Mr. Lal said.
Senior officers besides referred to videos from the spot, which look to amusement bystanders and rescuers pulling a antheral believed to beryllium Mr. Mishra retired of the driver's spot instantly aft the impact.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Atul Kumar Srivastava said CCTV footage from the tract identifies the idiosyncratic pulled retired of the conveyance arsenic Mr. Mishra.
He added that submissions made by the counsel would not power the probe.
"What an advocator argues successful tribunal does not impact our investigation. If the tribunal seeks immoderate clarification, each facts volition beryllium placed earlier it," the DCP said further.
Police teams besides visited Mr. Mishra's residence successful Arya Nagar to service a notice, but were incapable to found contact, said an official.
The FIR had initially named an unidentified operator of a Lamborghini car, but it was aboriginal updated to see Mr. Mishra arsenic the accused. Also, the car has been seized for forensic examination.
The mishap involving the Lamborghini Revuelto, an Italian luxury sports car that costs upwards of ₹10 crore, took spot connected VIP Road successful Kanpur's upscale Gwaltoli country astir 3:15 p.m. SHO Santosh Gaur was removed from his station and sent to constabulary lines.
Mr. Mishra is the lad of Banshidhar Exports Pvt. Ltd.'s owner, K.K. Mishra, who had been nether the I-T Department's scanner for tax-related issues.
