Industry leader and former chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry died in a car accident on Sunday afternoon when he was way back to Mumbai from the Parsi pilgrim town of Udvada. He was 54.
Three others accompanied Mistry: Mumbai gynecologist Dr. Anahita Pmadole, her husband Darius, MD and CEO of JM Financial Private Equity, and Darius Pandole’s brother, Jehangir Pndole, a director at the London office of KPMG Global Strategy who also died in the accident. The four had gone to the Iranshah Atash Behram at Udvada for a private religious function. At the time of the accident, Dr. Anahita Pandole was behind the wheel of the Mercedes GLC 220D registered in the name of JM Financial Limited. Her husband Darius was sitting next to her while Cyrus Mistry and her brother-in-law Jehangir Pandole were at the back.
It was not clear what caused the mishap but the police account meant that around 3.30 pm on Sunday, as the grey Mercedes was crossing Charoti in Palghar on the outskirts of Mumbai, the driver lost control, and the car veered left and hit a concrete barricading wall.
The impact of the crash damaged the front of the car. Cyrus Mistry and Jehangir Pandole, both of whom were sitting at the back, died on the spot.
Their bodies were taken to nearby Kasa Hospital and later to Mumbai’s JJ Hospital for postmortem analysis and other formalities.
Sanjay Bobhade, a civil surgeon at the Palghar Hospital, said both men died due to head injuries and severe internal bleeding. Anahita sustained a pelvic fracture and serious chest injuries, said doctors in Mumbai. Darius sustained numerous rib fractures and a fractured jaw.
Cyrus Mistry is survived by his wife Rohiqa Chagla, granddaughter of the well-known judge MC Chagla, and their two sons Firoz and Zahan.
