Maharashtra Police on Saturday filed a case against Dr Anahita Pandole, a top gynaecologist in Mumbai, for alleged rash driving, nearly two months after the car accident in Palghar, in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry lost his life. Anahita was reportedly driving the Mercedes Benz car when it rammed into a bridge on the Surya river on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway on September 4.
The case against the doctor was filed under Indian Penal Code sections 304(A) (causing death by rash and negligent act), 279 (rash driving on a public road), 337 (causing death by act endangering life and personal safety of others) besides the Motor Vehicles Act at Kasa police station in Palghar.
Mistry (54) and his friend Jahangir Pandole, both of whom were riding in the back seat, died in the accident while Anhita and her husband Darius Pandole, who was sitting next to her, were seriously injured.
"Based on the reports and probe it has been established that the accident was the result of rash and negligent driving, and hence a case was registered against Dr Anahita Pandole,” police said in a release.
"In his statement, Darius Pandole said his wife Anahita was driving the Mercedes-Benz car when they were on their way to Mumbai. A car which was ahead of their vehicle went to the second lane from the third and Anahita also tried to follow the same," a police official was quoted as saying by PTI.
When she tried to take the car to the second lane, she found that there was a truck on the right side (in the second lane) due to which she was not able to merge into that lane, he said, adding the lane turned narrow near the bridge.
Darius Pandole was discharged from hospital last week while Anahita is still recovering.