Cyrus Mistry Car Crash: Police Book Doctor Anahita Pandole For Negligent Driving

Police recorded the statement four days after Darius Pandole was discharged from hospital and declared fit for the process. However, Anahita is still in the ICU, undergoing treatment.

Former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry

Source : Getty Images

New Delhi: An FIR has been registered against gynaecologist Anahita Pandole in connection to the car accident that killed former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry in September this year, news agency ANI reported.

According to the report, a case has been booked against Pandole under charges of causing death due to rash and negligent driving under the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act, based on the final report by Mercedes Benz on their analysis of the car's data chip and after recording the statement of her husband and co-passenger Darius Pandole.

Maharashtra | Kasa police file a case u/s 304(A), 279, 336, 338 in death case of former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry, against Anahita Pandole, who was driving during accident. Case filed after police recorded her husband Darius Pandole's statement: Palghar SP Balasaheb Patil

— ANI (@ANI) November 5, 2022

Police recorded the statement four days after Darius Pandole was discharged from hospital and declared fit for the process. However, Anahita is still in the ICU, undergoing treatment.

READ | 'If I Am Thug, You Are Maha Thug': Conman Sukesh's Explosive Claim Against Kejriwal In New Letter

According to reports, Darius Pandole, in his statement to police, said that his wife, Dr Anahita Pandole, who was driving the car while he sat in the front passenger seat, was trying to move past a heavy vehicle by overtaking it when the three-lane highway suddenly became a two-lane one. Confused by the abrupt change and in order to avoid causing an accident, Anahita rammed into the wall of the bridge over the Surya river, a senior police officer said.

READ | Gujarat Elections 2022: All About Ghatlodia Assembly Seat That Has Given 2 Chief Ministers

Anahita Pandole, her husband Darius and Cyrus Mistry were travelling from Gujarat to Mumbai when their Mercedez Benz, driven by the doctor, crashed into a concrete barrier on September 4 this year. Mistry and his friend and Darius' brother Jahangir Pandole died in the accident.