Father alleges deliberate attempt to kill daughter in fatal coastal road accident

Chate lost her life in the incident, while her male friend was seriously injured.

The Tardeo police had initially registered a case of rash and negligent driving against Sankala. However, Chate’s father, identified as Vittal, filed a separate complaint at the Gangapur police station in Nashik. A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was registered and later transferred to Tardeo police station for further investigation.

Vittal told the police that Gargi had called him around 7 pm on February 8, informing him that a person named Sanyam Sankala, from her area, was coming to meet her, and she would return home after meeting him for 10 minutes.

Claiming that Sankala had deliberately caused the accident, her father stated in his complaint: “I have learned that Sankala, who was driving the car, forced my daughter Gargi to sit in the front seat, then deliberately drove at high speed on the new coastal road towards Churchgate, ignoring the road conditions. He hit the divider on her side at the Haji Ali turn, causing the accident and resulting in my daughter’s death.”

“The father has raised suspicion that Sankala’s actions were an attempt to kill Gargi, which is why a fresh case was filed by the police in Nashik. We are probing the case and trying to verify the allegations,” an officer said.