Industrialist and former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry died in a car accident on Sunday. The accident took place in Palghar at around 3:15 pm on a bridge over the Surya river when the 54-year-old was travelling to Mumbai from Ahmedabad. The industrialist succumbed to injuries.

According to the reports, Mistry was returning from Ahmedabad when his car hit the divider on the road. The reports of his demise have been confirmed by the Palghar Superintendent of Police.

The official said four people were in the car when the accident happened, of which two succumbed to injuries. The other two, including the driver, have been injured. All the injured have been admitted to a local hospital in Kasa. The industrialist was travelling in a Mercedes car.

Mistry is survived by his wife Rohiqa Chagla, the daughter of lawyer Iqbal Chagla and granddaughter of jurist M.C. Chagla, and two sons Firoz Mistry and Zahan Mistry.

Cyrus Mistry’s daughter Aloo is the wife of Noel Tata, Ratan Tata’s step-brother.

All you need to know about Cyrus Mistry

Cyrus Pallonji Mistry was the sixth chairman of the Tata Group and only the second after Nowroji Saklatwala, to not bear the surname Tata.

After Ratan Tata announced his retirement in December 2012, Cyrus Mistry took over as chairman.

He assumed leadership of the Tata Group in December of that year after being chosen by a selection committee in mid-2012. But after 4 years he was removed in a boardroom coup led by Tata Trusts, which owned 66 per cent of Tata Sons and was controlled by Ratan Tata.  

Natarajan Chandrasekaran was appointed as the new chairman a few months after the former chairman, Ratan Tata, returned as an interim chairman.

In May, the Supreme Court rejected a petition by the Sapoorji Pallonji (SP) group asking for a review of the 2021 judgement upholding the Tata group’s decision to oust Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman of the Tata Sons.

After his Tata stint, Cyrus went on to set up a venture capital firm, Mistry Ventures LLP.

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