AHMEDABAD, Nov. 13 -- The nephew of a Bharatiya Janata Party legislator has been arrested and released on bail in connection with a hit-and-run crash in Ahmedabad that killed a 35-year-old passenger riding on an app-based motorcycle taxi, police said on Friday.

Police identified the suspect as Raghavendra Kushwaha, the nephew of BJP legislator from Ahmedabad's Bapunagar constituency, Dineshsinh Kushwaha. Police said Raghavendra, who allegedly drove the Range Rover sports utility vehicle involved in the accident, fled the scene. The accident occurred at a traffic intersection not covered by a CCTV camera.

"We tracked the car using CCTV footage from other areas and caught him at his house the following morning. During the investigation, w...