Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Navi Mumbai Banker Dies After Taxi Rams Autorickshaw
Neha Rajivkumar Gupta was a banker who lived in Seawoods.
She was travelling home in an autorickshaw on Sunday.
A taxi allegedly hit the autorickshaw near Sarsole Signal in Nerul.
Police said the taxi was moving very fast and was driven carelessly.
Gupta suffered serious injuries in the crash.
She later died from those injuries.
The taxi driver was identified as Mobin Asif Sheikh.
Police have registered a case and are investigating what happened.
Neha Rajivkumar Gupta, 36, died after an autorickshaw she was riding in was hit by a taxi.
The crash occurred Sunday near Sarsole Signal on Palm Beach Road in Nerul.
Police said the taxi was allegedly being driven at high speed and negligently.
Gupta was returning home after leaving her Sunday banking duty at Vashi because of an emergency.
Nerul police registered a case against taxi driver Mobin Asif Sheikh under multiple laws.
- Who
- Banker Neha Rajivkumar Gupta, 36, died; police identified the taxi driver as Mobin Asif Sheikh, 35.
- What
- An allegedly speeding taxi collided with an autorickshaw, fatally injuring Gupta.
- When
- Sunday; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- The CBD lane near Sarsole Signal on Palm Beach Road in Nerul, Navi Mumbai.
- Why
- Police allege the taxi was being driven at high speed and in a rash and negligent manner; Gupta was travelling home after leaving work because of an emergency.
- Victim
- Neha Rajivkumar Gupta, 36
- Driver
- Mobin Asif Sheikh, 35
- Crash location
- CBD lane near Sarsole Signal, Palm Beach Road, Nerul
- Victim’s residence
- NRI Complex, Phase 2, Seawoods
- Taxi registration
- MH-01-AT-3972
- Case sections
- Sections 106(1), 125(b) and 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act
- Investigation
- Nerul police; API Nakul Nyamane is investigating