KALYAN: Marathi playback singer
Geeta Mali
(38) was killed and her husband Vijay (40) was injured in a road accident near Shahapur on the Mumbai-Nashik highway on Thursday afternoon. Geeta, part of the Geet Gana band, was in the US for nearly two months. News of her death shocked fans.
Her son Mohit is 12, while her brothers include a state bureaucrat.
Geeta had recently gone to New York to perform at a concert, and on Thursday morning had reached Mumbai airport, after which she and her husband, a lawyer, were on their way to their residence in Nashik. The car, which her husband was driving, dashed a tanker parked on the roadside.
Following her death, Shahapur police registered a case against the tanker driver, who had parked dangerously.
Police said the mishap occurred near Shiv Ekta hotel in Leh village on the highway in Shahapur taluka of Thane district.
Ghanshyam Aadhav, in-charge of Shahapur police station, said, “A primary probe shows that Vijay was driving, while Geeta was in the front passenger seat. A car overtook their car from the right, resulting in Vijay swerving to the left, and his car hit the tanker, parked dangerously on the road.”
The left of the car, where Geeta was seated, was damaged so badly that she died on the spot, while her husband escaped with minor injuries. Vijay was later rushed by passersby to Shahapur primary health centre, where he is being treated.
Police said Geeta had gone to New York for a mega event scheduled on November 6. After an eight-day tour, on Thursday morning, she reached Mumbai airport, where her husband Vijay had come to receive her.
After landing at Mumbai airport, Geeta had posted photographs on Facebook, said officials.
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