Mistry was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in a Mercedes car.
“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,” the police official said.
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The other two persons travelling with him, including the car driver, were injured. The body of Mistry has been shifted to the Kasa Rural Hospital in Gujarat for postmortem.
Cyrus Mistry, former chairman of Tata Sons, dies in road accident
He is survived by his wife and two children.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule expressed grief and said, “Devastating news. My brother Cyrus Mistry passed away. Can’t believe it. Rest in Peace Cyrus.”
RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka also condoled Mistry’s demise.
“So sad to hear of the shocking news of the passing away of Cyrus Mistry in an accident. He was a friend, a gentleman, a man of substance. He was instrumental in creating the global construction giant Shapoorji Pallonji and ably led the Tata group,” tweeted Goenka.
Cyrus Pallonji Mistry came to the prominence when he was chosen to lead Tata Sons after Ratan Tata stepped down in 2012. He was made chairman on the basis of his representation from Shapoorji Palonji Group, the largest shareholder in Tata Sons.
He joined the Board of Tata Sons in 2006 after his father Pallonji Mistry, a construction tycoon and chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group, retired.
On October 24, 2016, the board of Tata Sons (the group’s holding company) voted to remove Mistry from the post of chairman.
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