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Former chairman of Tata Sons Cyrus Mistry dies in road accident

Cyrus Mistry, who succeeded Ratan Tata as chairman of Tata Sons but was later ousted in India’s most high-profile boardroom coup, was killed in a car accident in Maharashtra’s Palghar on Sunday, reports NDTV citing police. He was 54.

Mistry was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in a Mercedes car, it added.

Pictures from the accident site showed the mangled remains of the silver Mercedes car. The accident happened when the car hit the road divider at Charoti area of Palghar, 135 km from Mumbai.

“The accident took place around 3.15 pm, when Mistry was travelling to Mumbai from Ahmedabad. The accident took place on a bridge over the Surya river. It seems an accident,” said Palghar district superintendent of police, Balasaheb Patil.

Along with Mistry, Jehangir Pandole, Anahita Pandole and Darius Pandole were present in the car.

Jehangir Pandole, a relative of Darius Pandole, is the other person who died in the accident.

Darius Pandole was an independent director in Tata group firms and had opposed the removal of Mistry as the company’s chairman. He also left the Tata group with Mistry.

Darius is Anahita’s husband and Jehangir was her father-in-law. Anahita Pandole was driving the car.

Anahita and Darius Pandole are being airlifted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he has asked the state police to conduct a detailed investigation into the accident.

“Spoke to DGP and instructed for detailed investigations,” tweeted Mr Fadnavis, who is also the state home minister.

This is the latest blow for the Mistry family whose patriarch, Pallonji Mistry – Cyrus’s father – died in June at the age of 93. Their empire built luxury hotels, stadiums, palaces and factories across Asia, but was most recently known for a corporate feud with the Tata Group.

Mistry is survived by his wife Rohiqa and their two sons.

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