Who was Riddhi Thakkar, Mumbai biker who died in Chhattisgarh accident at 24?

A Mumbai-based biker was killed on Wednesday morning after her motorcycle was hit by an unidentified heavy vehicle in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district, police said

Updated on: Aug 13, 2026, 13:05:50 IST

By Sanya Jain

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A Mumbai-based biker was killed on Wednesday morning after her motorcycle was hit by an unidentified heavy vehicle in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district, police said. The victim was identified as Riddhi Thakkar. Thakkar was part of a 23-member biking group that was travelling to the Bastar region. She was 24 at the time of her death.

Riddhi Thakkar was killed in a motorcycle accident. She was 24. (Instagram/@gearglimpse54)

The accident took place around 6 am at Markatola Ghat under Purur police station limits on National Highway 30, roughly 100 km from state capital Raipur.

(Also read: Mumbai biker Riddhi Thakkar, 24, killed after motorcycle hit by heavy vehicle in Chhattisgarh)

Who was Riddhi Thakkar?

Riddhi Thakkar was a biker from Mumbai. She was a resident of Kandivali West.

At the time of her accident, she was riding from Mumbai to Raipur via Nagpur. Thakkar was part of a 23-member biking group that was travelling from Mumbai to Bastar.

She lost her life on August 12 after colliding with a heavy vehicle. She was riding a Bajaj Avenger at the time of the accident.

Thakkar was rushed to a health centre in Charama for treatment after the crash. After her condition worsened, she was transferred to a private hospital in Dhamtari. Doctors there examined her and confirmed that she had succumbed to her injuries.

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Riddhi Thakkar maintained an active presence on social media – she had over 18,000 followers on Instagram where she posted under the handle @gearglimpse54. She had shared an Instagram post hours before her death.

Thakkar also posted videos of her rides on YouTube.

Her YouTube bio described her as a “passionate biker” who was carving her own path “in a world where the throttle doesn’t care about gender.”

On Instagram, she also described herself as a “makeup artist”.

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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