According to the officials, the accident occurred at around 10 am when Patil was travelling to Gujarat for shooting practice. The car was being driven by his friend and fellow shooter Yash Choudhary. Patil, a resident of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, was seated in the front passenger seat

The research team, under the supervision of Dr Suresh Kumar, Senior Scientist at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), has been tracking Dhaval Lakshmi in coordination with the Mangrove Cell and the Dahanu Forest Division