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Feel sorry for what happened: Aditya Narayan on accident

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Bollywood singer Udit Narayan's son Aditya, whowas arrested after he allegedly rammed his car into an autorickshaw, today said it was an "unfortunate" accident and he was sorry about it.

Aditya (30), who was behind the wheel of a Mercedes, allegedly hit an autorickshaw on the Lokhandwala Back Road in suburban Andheri yesterday, leaving two persons injured. He is now out on bail.

"It was an unfortunate accident and I feel sorry for what had happened... Soon after the accident, I took the driver and a woman passenger in the auto rickshaw to Kokilaben Ambani hospital, where they are recuperating," Aditya said in a statement.
 

Rajkumar Palekar (64), the auto driver, and Surekha Shivekar (32), the passenger, were injured in the accident.

Aditya said that he would bear their medical expenses.

Based on the statement of Shivekar, Versova police registered a complaint against the actor-singer under sections 279 (rash driving), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC and relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.

He was released on bail as the offences are bailable.

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First Published: Mar 13 2018 | 11:40 PM IST

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