Cyrus Mistry, the former Tata Sons chairman, who was killed in a road accident earlier this week, was cremated here on Tuesday.
The funeral at central Mumbai’s Worli crematorium was attended by members of the closely knit Parsi community, some business leaders and politicians. Industry doyen Ratan Tata’s stepmother Simone Tata was also present.
Wheelchair-bound Simone Tata, 92, arrived at the crematorium in a special van. Former TCS head S. Ramadorai also came for the cremation.
However, no other senior official from the Tata Group — with whom Mistry fought a bitter legal battle till the end — was seen at the funeral. Madhu Kannan, one of the key executives handpicked by Mistry during his chairmanship of Tata Sons, was seen at the funeral.
Cyrus Mistry’s elder brother Shapoor Mistry, sister Aloo Mistry, father-in-law and senior lawyer Iqbal Chagla were present.HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, Akash Ambani, chairman of Reliance JioInfocomm, industrialists AnilAmbani, Ajit Gulabchandand Vishal Kampani, entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala, architect Hafeez Contractor, NCP leaders Supriya Sule and Ganesh Naik and former Congress MP Milind Deora were present at the crematorium.
Mistry’s mortal remains were brought from the state run JJ Hospital to the crematorium earlier in the morning and kept for friends and family to offer their prayers.
The last rites were performed in an electric crematorium just before noon.
