Hema Malini blames dead girl's father for the accident, gets rebuttal from family member

Jul 8, 2015 NR

Veteran actress and BJP MP Hema Malini on Wednesday took to the social media to blame her car's accident in Dausa in Rajasthan on July 2 on the father of the child who was killed in the smash-up.

On her Twitter page, she expressed her condolences to the family whose car was smashed by the "Dream Girl" star's Mercedes, but said the accident could have been averted if the girl's father "had followed traffic rules".

"How I wish the girl's father had followed the traffic rules - thn this accident could have been averted & the lil one's life safe," tweeted the 66-year-old actress.

"My heart goes out to the child who unnecessarily lost her life and the family members who have been injured in the accident," she tweeted.

This prompted B.K. Gupta, uncle of Shikha Khandelwal, mother of the child who was killed in the accident near Dausa on July 2, to question Hema Malini.

Gupta told IANS: "Why is Hema Malini after almost six days raising this topic, we don't understand. Where was she for all these days? The accident happened on July 2. Why again this issue is being raised?"

He also rebutted Hema's claim that the accident between her speeding Mercedes and the family's car occurred because the girl's father didn't follow traffic rules.

"The car had given indicator and then turned. Our family members were driving correctly," Gupta said.

Besides the girl's death, four others, including Shikha Khandewal, in the other car were injured.

Gupta said the actress was backtracking from her earlier statement.

"Why is she backtracking, we don't know," he said.

On July 3, she had expressed deep sorrow over the road accident, and said she was deeply pained by the death of innocent children.

Her driver Mahesh Thakur, a resident of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested on July 3 on charges on causing death by negligence and overspeeding. He was later released on bail.

The "Sholay" actress also said that she was "touched" and "overwhelmed" by the messages she got from all her well-wishers across the country.

"I'm touched & overwhelmed by the many msgs & calls frm well wishers in India & frm the world over. I thank each one of u frm the bottom of," she said.