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Mumbai News Live Updates: Supriya Sule, Anil Ambani pay last respects to Cyrus Mistry; Raj Thackeray to visit Eknath Shinde today – The Indian Express

Former chairman of Tata Sons Cyrus Mistry. (File)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Cyrus Mistry’s funeral was held at the Worli crematorium in Mumbai on Tuesday. Palghar police in Maharashtra have obtained the CCTV footage of the Mercedes car in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was travelling to Mumbai, shortly before it crashed, killing him and his friend, an official said. The footage shows the car passing through the Dapchari check post in Palghar district at 2.21 pm on Sunday, he said. The car hit a road divider on a bridge over the Surya river on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway at around 3 pm, killing Mistry (54) and his friend Jahangir Pandole, who were on the back seats.

The preliminary autopsy of Mistry revealed that he sustained severe head trauma and multiple fractures in chest, head region, thigh and neck, in the accident near Mumbai on Sunday. This caused multiple injuries to vital organs, leading to his death. Along with viscera, his blood samples have been preserved for further analysis. Jehangir Pandole, who was seated on the back seat of the vehicle along with Mistry, also died after sustaining similar injuries.

The wrecked car in which businessman Cyrus Mistry was travelling with three others when it met with an accident on Sunday afternoon. (PTI)

Meanwhile, the highest noise levels during the immersion on the fifth day of the Ganesh festival were recorded at 115.6dB at the Babulnath Temple Corner, which is a few hundred meters from the Girgaum Chowpaty. The same was recorded at 112.1dB in Bandra, according to information from Sumaira Abdulali, from Awaaz foundation, a non-governmental not-for-profit organisation.

Mumbai News Live Updates: NHAI will be put up more signages on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway near Charoti bridge, cautioning motorists to drive safely, a day after Cyrus Mistry was killed after their car crashed on the bridge; Follow this space for Latest Updates

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-updates-cyrus-mistry-ganesh-festival-immersion-eknath-shinde-8133537/