Woman dies after falling off recklessly-driven autorickshaw in Pune; driver booked

Rathod’s mother, Ranjana Aade, filed a complaint at the Parvati Police Station and told the police that her daughter was married but lived separated from her husband for years. She added that Rathod and Suravase were going for dinner when the accident took place.

Aade’s complaint read, “I got a call from her (Rathod) phone number that my daughter has suffered an accident. When I met her at the Sassoon Hospital, she informed me that she was in the auto-rickshaw driven by Suravase and was going towards Deccan from Navale Bridge to have dinner. He was driving recklessly and did not pay heed to requests made by my daughter to drive slowly.”

“Near Navshya Maruti Mandir on Sinhagad Road, Suravase suddenly applied the brakes even as the autorickshaw was in a full speed and she fell out of the vehicle and received injuries to her stomach and waist. She was rushed to the hospital in a private ambulance,” the complaint added.

Suravase has been booked under Sections 279 (negligent driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of Indian Penal Code and Sections 119 and 177 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

The police said Rathod and Suravase were in a romantic relationship for a while and the two used to stay together near Abhinav College. However, Rathod had returned to her mother’s home a few months ago.