Actress
Sharmiela
Mandre
and
her
friend
have
been
booked
for
rash
driving
after
they
met
with
an
accident
in
the
wee
hours
on
Saturday
(April
4)
while
driving
a
Jaguar
car
in
Vasanthnagar.
According
to
the
police,
the
incident
took
place
at
around
3
am.
On
Saturday
early
morning,
the
cops
received
a
call
from
the
locals
about
a
car
accident.
When
they
reached
the
spot,
the
car
was
lying
vacant
with
no
occupants.
In
an
investigation,
police
found
that
the
car
had
hit
a
pillar
at
the
underbridge
and
was
unoccupied.
Later,
police
visited
the
nearby
hospitals
to
see
if
anyone
was
admitted.
In
an
enquiry,
they
realized
that
it
was
actress
Sharmiela
Mandre
who
was
in
the
car
along
with
her
friend
Lokesh.
Reportedly,
Sharmiela
and
Lokesh
were
admitted
at
the
Fortis
Hospital
with
injuries.
The
police
officials
have
registered
a
Suo
Moto
case
regarding
the
accident.
Speaking
about
the
whole
incident,
Sharmiela
Mandre
told
India
Today,
"I
suffered
severe
stomach
pain
early
morning
on
April
4
and
called
my
friends
Lokesh
and
Dawn
Thomas
(who
had
a
curfew
pass)
to
take
me
to
a
hospital
nearby.
We
met
with
an
accident
on
our
way
to
the
hospital.
Dawn
was
driving
the
car
and
I
was
on
the
back
seat.
I
hurt
my
neck
and
blacked
out.
I
was
not
out,
returning
from
a
party,
as
claimed
by
some
media
reports.
I
have
been
stressing
on
the
need
for
social-distancing
since
the
day
the
pandemic
broke
out
in
our
country
and
so,
I
will
be
the
last
one
to
not
follow
the
rules."
The
high
ground
traffic
inspector
told
a
leading
portal,
"Our
ASI
received
the
call
and
he
went
to
the
spot
and
found
no
one
near
the
car
at
3
am.
Later,
we
realised
it
was
the
actress
and
her
friend
in
the
car."(sic)
According
to
the
cops,
they
still
couldn't
record
the
statement
of
the
actor
because
she
was
shifted
to
a
different
hospital.
The
car
had
a
valid
curfew
movement
pass
issued
by
the
Bangalore
police.
However,
the
police
officials
have
not
mentioned
Dawn's
name
in
the
FIR.
The
reason
behind
driving
at
3
am
will
soon
be
revealed
after
the
investigation.