Hema Malini offers financial succour to accident victims

The 66-year-old actor-politician reached Mumbai on <g data-gr-id="58">Satuday</g> by a chartered plane, accompanied by her daughter Esha Deol and Deol’s husband Bharat Takhtani.

Talking to reporters outside Hema’s residence in Juhu, Esha said, “My mother will help the families of victims. She is doing this not because she is a <g data-gr-id="37">neta</g> (leader) but because she is a good human being as well.”

On Thursday night, the car in which Hema Malini was travelling rammed into another car coming from the opposite direction in Dausa district of Rajasthan, killing a four-year-old girl and leaving five others injured, including the veteran actress.

“Jab accident hua tab mummy ki jo condition thi wo kisi aur ke baare me kaise soch sakti thi...koi bhi nahi soch pa raha tha...par <g data-gr-id="81">hame</g> afsos hai us <g data-gr-id="78">pariwar</g> ne <g data-gr-id="79">apna</g> <g data-gr-id="80">khoya</g> hai (When the accident took place, my mother as well as the family was not in a condition to comprehend anything but we are sad that a family has lost a dear one),” Esha said.

“When the accident happened she was asleep. She had told everyone to wear their seat belts. But <g data-gr-id="52">achanak</g> <g data-gr-id="53">picche</g> <g data-gr-id="54">se</g> <g data-gr-id="57">jor</g> ka <g data-gr-id="55">dhakka</g> <g data-gr-id="56">laga</g> (suddenly we felt <g data-gr-id="51">jolt</g> from the rear side),” she said. “The accident was very bad..It was traumatic so no one was in a state to talk...or think anything,” she said.

Esha informed that Hema has been advised rest for now. “Doctors have asked her to take <g data-gr-id="42">rest</g> at home. She is a bit better now...she is fine. She wants to rest now. She is not meeting anyone. She will relax for a day or two and then she will meet (people),” she added.

Meanwhile, actor Dharmendra was upset over television channels carrying visuals of a profusely bleeding Hema. “ It was in poor <g data-gr-id="40">taste</g>” he told reporters. The actress, who was discharged from hospital on Saturday morning, had undergone a surgery for her wounds at the Fortis hospital Friday. She was also treated for a minor fracture on her nose.

Mahesh Chand Thakur, who was driving Hema’s car at the time of the accident, has been arrested.