Vikas Malu, director of Kuber Group was among three people injured in the incident in which a Rolls-Royce rammed into an oil tanker on the Delhi-Mumbai-Baroda Expressway here, a police official said on Friday. Earlier, it was reported that on Tuesday afternoon, close to Umri village and within the boundaries of Nagina police station, an oil tanker being driven on the wrong side collided with a luxury car.
However, according to the FIR registered on August 22 at the Nagina police station, it was the luxury vehicle that came from behind and hit the front tyre of the oil tanker.
As a result, the tanker lost its balance and overturned, according to the FIR. The oil tanker driver and his helper were killed, while the three occupants of the Rolls-Royce were injured.
A police official said the Kuber group director was among the three people who were in the Rolls-Royce. Police said Malu was admitted to a private hospital in Gurugram and is undergoing treatment. Malu’s statement will be recorded once he is discharged from the hospital, said the police official
Who is Kuber Group director Vikas Malu?
Vikas Malu is the director and owner of Kuber Group, which initially dealt with tobacco products. The group was started in 1985 by Mul Chand Malu, and it initially focused on tobacco production under the brand name 'Kuber Khiani'.
It has since diversified its interests to spanning FMCG, packaging and lamination, holographic technologies, poly films, real estate, and more. Vikas Malu is in charge of the operations of 12 important firms within the company, managing a unique portfolio of 45 businesses that operate in 50 different countries.
Malu recently started working at Vardhman International Private Limited as a director. Malu is highly active on social media, and she frequently interacts with people in the celebrity community as seen in photos with people like Salman Khan and Ranveer Singh.
(with inputs from PTI)
