Mumbai, April 18 -- Jitendra Shelke, 55, a prominent businessman from Shirdi who had come under the scanner of investigation agencies for his alleged links to arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, died in a road accident on the Samruddhi Expressway on Friday afternoon. Shelke's wife, Anuradha, 50, was also killed after the car he was driving rammed into a container truck parked on the shoulder of the expressway near Dhotre village in Ahilyanagar district, police said. The couple's 14-year-old son, Suchit, who was also in the car, survived the crash with a fractured hand and has been admitted to hospital, officers said. Shelke, who ran a real estate firm, was also the vice president of Shivnika Trust, founded and controlled by Kharat, who was arrested in March for charges including rape, sexual assault, promoting superstition, extortion and money laundering. To be sure, police have not suggested any foul play was involved in the accident. According to the police, the accident occurred around 12.30 pm on Friday on the Kopargaon-Vaijapur stretch of the Samruddhi Expressway. "The Shelke family was returning from Sambhajinagar to Shirdi in their car," said inspector Sandeep Koli from the Kopergaon rural police station. "The vehicle hit a container from behind. Such was the impact that the front part of the car came under the rear side of the container and was completely mangled." Ahilyanagar additional superintendent of police Somnath Waghchaure, who visited the site, told HT, "A forensic team had visited the spot. It is still unclear whether the container was stationary or moving slowly. The container driver has fled the spot after the accident." Shelke was a well-known businessman in the Shirdi region and director of real estate firm Silver Oak Buildcon Pvt Ltd. He had also founded Silver Oak Academy, an educational institution that helped establish his presence in Shirdi and surroundings. He had longstanding ties with Kharat and was associated with Shivnika Trust since its inception around 2008, a former member of the trust said on condition of anonymity. "He had resigned from the trust in 2017 but again rejoined it last year. Kharat made him vice president of the trust," said the former trust member. On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had summoned Shelke to record his statement during searches at premises linked to Kharat in Nashik. According to an official aware of the developments, Shelke told the agency that Kharat and his family members would have more knowledge of the trust's functioning. The ED did not summon him again after recording his statement, the official added. Shelke was also under the radar of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Maharashtra police to probe the Kharat case....