Auto driver commits suicide after vehicle meets with accident in Nalgonda

The deceased, identified as Lavudi Bixam (35), a native of Vatchya thanda of Damaracherla mandal, was taking 10 passengers from Damacherla to Vaddipatla late on Monday night, when the accident occured

Nalgonda: An autorickshaw driver died by suicide at Parvedula village of Peddavoora mandal in the district on Tuesday, apparently due to fear that some passsengers in the autorickshaw, which turned turtle, may have suffered serious injuries or even died.

The deceased, identified as Lavudi Bixam (35), a native of Vatchya thanda of Damaracherla mandal, was taking 10 passengers from Damacherla to Vaddipatla late on Monday night, when the accident occured. Bixam, who was in an inebriated condition, feared that his passengers may have suffered serious injuries or even died, and fled from the spot. Locals found his body hanging from a tree at Parvedula on Tuesday morning and alerted the police.

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Police rushed to the spot and shifted to the body to Devarakonda area hospital for post-mortem. The police suspect that Bixam may have ended his life due to the fear that he had put his passengers in harms way. The passengers, in fact, suffered only minor injuries in the accident.

Peddavoor police filed a case and took up investigation.

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