Shehzaad Poonawalla’s mother injured in hit-and-run, driver detained

Police Inspector Santosh Pandhare told The Indian Express, “There is no previous case lodged against the driver other than another accident. He is an engineer employed in the city. He says that he could not see the aged lady behind him at all and that caused the accident. We detained him and served notice.”

Taking to social media platform X, Tehseen wrote, “My mom a senior citizen went for a drive with my driver and executive assistant & was waiting on the side while they were tanking up the gas in our car, someone just hit her (seems deliberate) and ran away!” He also said that the fall had broken her hip and she would be undergoing hip surgery and have to have a rod inserted for life.

Responding to a X post by Shehzaad, who is the National Spokesperson of BJP, the official account of Devendra Fadnavis’s office wrote on February 4, “This is very unfortunate. CM Devendra Fadnavis has given necessary instructions to Senior Police officials of State and Pune. CM also spoke to @Shehzad_Ind in detail and wished her a speedy recovery.”