The 62-year-old businessman from Jaipur was travelling to Mathura when the driver allegedly lost control of the luxury vehicle, which smashed through barricades, hit the divider and crashed into a culvert wall.
BY PC Bureau
March 8: Vallabh Maheshwari, the managing director of the Shakun Group, was killed in a road accident after the BMW he was travelling in lost control and overturned on the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway near Alwar in Rajasthan on Sunday, police said.
Maheshwari, a 62-year-old industrialist from Jaipur, was travelling to Mathura when the accident occurred. Officials said his driver was at the wheel when the car suddenly veered off course, smashed through roadside barricades, hit the central divider and then rammed into the wall of a culvert.
The impact of the crash was so powerful that the luxury vehicle was completely wrecked. Maheshwari and the driver were rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared the businessman dead. The driver survived the crash without injuries.
Police said Maheshwari’s body has been sent to Jaipur for post-mortem. Preliminary investigations suggest that overspeeding or a possible technical malfunction in the vehicle may have led to the accident, though authorities are examining all possibilities.
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अलवर के रैणी थाना क्षेत्र में एक्सप्रेस वे पर हुए एक दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण सड़क हादसे में उद्योगपति श्री वल्लभ माहेश्वरी के निधन का समाचार बेहद दुखद है। ईश्वर से दिवंगत आत्मा को शांति एवं परिजनों को इस दुःख को सहन करने की शक्ति देने की प्रार्थना करता हूं। ॐ शांति।
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) March 8, 2026
Maheshwari had served as a director in multiple verticals of the Shakun Group, a conglomerate founded in the early 2000s that focuses on industrial development, resource processing, transportation and supply to end users.
Reacting to the incident, former Ashok Gehlot, ex-Chief Minister of Rajasthan, expressed deep sorrow over the industrialist’s death. In a post on X, he described the news as “extremely heartbreaking” and prayed for peace for the departed soul and strength for the bereaved family.
