Archive · 31 Aug 2026
Eight-Year-Old Boy Dies After Bandra Car Collision; Driver Arrested
An eight-year-old boy named Ansh Gupta was hit by a car in Mumbai.
The accident happened on Sunday afternoon in Bandra West.
Ansh had been returning from a garden and was trying to cross the road.
The car was an Innova Crysta driven by a woman named Megha Rawal.
People nearby helped take Ansh to a hospital.
Doctors said he had died from his injuries.
Police arrested the driver and filed several cases against her.
One witness said the car was speeding and the driver was using a phone, but police said they would check whether that was true.
Eight-year-old Ansh Gupta died after an Innova Crysta allegedly hit him in Bandra West, Mumbai.
The collision occurred between 2:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday as Ansh was crossing John Baptist Road.
Police arrested the 45-year-old driver, Megha Rawal, a Bandra West resident and nutritionist.
An auto-rickshaw driver took Ansh to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
An eyewitness alleged speeding and phone use, while police said those claims would be independently verified.
- Who
- Ansh Gupta, 8, was killed; Megha Rawal, 45, was arrested as the driver.
- What
- An Innova Crysta allegedly hit Ansh while he was crossing a road.
- When
- Sunday afternoon, between 2:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
- Where
- John Baptist Road, near Jijamata Garden, in Bandra West, Mumbai.
- Why
- The reported cause is alleged dangerous or rash driving; an eyewitness also alleged speeding and phone use, but police said those claims would be independently verified.
Eyewitness Allegations
Police Position
Possible cause of the collision
Eyewitness Allegations
An eyewitness alleged that Rawal was speeding and talking on the phone when the collision occurred.
Police Position
Police have not confirmed those allegations and said they would be independently verified.
Reported hospital
Eyewitness Allegations
One report says Ansh was taken to Holy Hospital in Bandra West and declared dead around 3:45 p.m.
Police Position
Another report says he was taken to Holy Family Hospital and declared dead on arrival, creating a discrepancy in the accounts.
- Deceased
- Ansh Gupta, 8
- Driver arrested
- Megha Rawal, 45
- Vehicle
- Toyota Innova Crysta
- Incident location
- John Baptist Road, near Jijamata Garden, Bandra West
- Incident time
- Between 2:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday
- Charges reported
- Sections 105, 281 and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act
- Reported hospital outcome
- Doctors declared Ansh dead after he was taken for emergency treatment; the reports identify the hospital differently as Holy Hospital and Holy Family Hospital.
