Renowned industrialist Cyrus P. Mistry of the multinational Shapoorji Pallonji Group \u2013 and a former Tata Sons Chairman \u2013 was killed in a road accident on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai national highway in Maharashtra’s Palghar on Sunday afternoon, stunning the country.<\/p>\n
Mistry, 54 is survived by his wife Rohiqa Chagla, their two sons Firoz and Zahan, an elder brother Shapoor Mistry and other family members.<\/p>\n
Also killed in the accident was Jehangir D. Pundole, of the famed aDukes’ soft drinks and foods company and the Pundole Art Gallery in Mumbai.<\/p>\n
Another couple in the vehicle – Jehangir’s brother, Darius D. Pundole and wife Dr. Anahita Darius Pundole – have been critically injured and rushed to Rainbow Hospital in Vapi in south Gujarat), said an official of Palghar police.<\/p>\n
Mistry’s abrupt death comes barely two months after his father, Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, the Chairman Emeritus of the Group, passed away, aged 93, in Mumbai on June 28.<\/p>\n
Taking serious cognisance, the state government has ordered a probe into the incident that stunned the corporate world.<\/p>\n
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who handles the home portfolio, said he has spoken to the Director General of Police Rajnish Sheth and ordered a detailed investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n
According to Palghar Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil, the accident took place on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai national highway, around 3.15 pm, barely a couple of hours’ drive from Mumbai.<\/p>\n
“Of the four persons in the Mercedes car, two – (Mistry and Jehangir Pundole) – were declared dead instantly and two others (Darius and his wife Dr. Anahita Pundole) who were injured critically, have been rushed to Rainbow Hospital in Vapi,” Patil told media persons.<\/p>\n
As per eyewitnesses claims, Dr. Anahita Pundole – a medico with the Breach Candy Hospital – was driving the car.<\/p>\n
Palghar police officials have provisionally treated it as an accident, saying that Mistry and the Pundoles apparently became victims of “over-speeding” as the car hit with full force a highway divider on the River Surya flowing along the national highway near Charoti, around 105 kms north of Mumbai.<\/p>\n
The impact of the crash was so powerful that although the car’s airbags were deployed, they failed to save the occupants – killing two and injuring two others – and the dark-grey Mercedes was left badly damaged.<\/p>\n
The tragedy apparently proved to be a double loss for the Pundole brothers (Jehangir and Darius) whose father Dinshaw passed away last week, and they had gone to perform the post-funeral rites in Udwada, a coastal town in south Gujarat, though details are not available.<\/p>\n
Mistry was the 6th Chairman of Tata Group and only the second non-Tata family person to head the conglomerate.<\/p>\n
He held an Irish passport on account of his mother, (who was Irish national with Indian origins), and after acquiring his OCI, he was a permanent resident of India.<\/p>\n
The news which broke on a Sunday after as people celebrated Ganeshotsav, emitted shockwaves in Indian corporate and political circles and many reacted with initial disbelief this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari expressed grief and shock over the tragedy and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said Mistry’s demise is a loss not only to his family but also the country’s industrial world.<\/p>\n
Nationalist Congress President Sharad Pawar, Congress state and central leaders, Shiv Sena leaders and other top politicians have condoled Mistry’s demise.<\/p>\n
NCP MP Supriya Sule expressed shock at the incident on Twitter. “Devastating News My Brother Cyrus Mistry passed away. Can’t believe it. Rest in Peace Cyrus.”<\/p>\n
Other union and state ministers, senior leaders from Bharatiya Janata Party, the corporate world in India and abroad have grieved Mistry’s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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