The Mumbai police on Tuesday night held an auto rickshaw driver for crashing into singer-actress Sophie Choudry’s car while she was on her way to her residence, as reported by a leading daily. The auto driver banged into Sophie's Mercedes Benz around 9:30 pm at the 16th road, in front of Khar Gymkhana at Khar (West).
The said incident reportedly took place at 9.15 pm and the Khar police was alerted at 10.30 pm. Although Sophie is safe as she was not driving the car at the time of the accident and no one has suffered injuries, major damage has been caused to the front section of Sophie's car, as confirmed by Sanjay More, Senior inspector of Mumbai Police.
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In her statement to the daily, Sophie stated, "I was on my way home when the speeding auto rickshaw tried to cut the lane and cross us. He misjudged the distance between the vehicles and rammed his vehicle into my new car, pulling out the grill and bumper. We then stopped him." Further adding that the accused does not have a driving licence, she pointed out, "It was ridiculous, he could have killed somebody. We called the police. My car is insured and the insurance will take care of the damage, which is over one lakh."
Meanwhile, the rickshaw driver, identified as 22-year-old Anees Ahmed, has been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of Motor Vehicle act. An FIR has been registered against him and he was produced before a court on Wednesday, informed the senior inspector.
