As air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region is growing at a lethal rate, taking cognizance of the matter, the Supreme Court has said that the pollution levels in Delhi had reached a “very serious” stage and that “wearing masks alone is not enough.”

Siddiqui is on the board of nine companies, all of which are connected via the Al-Falah Charitable Trust.

After the accident, traffic on the Bengaluru-Mumbai lane of the highway was stopped.