Hyderabad: Auto driver, owner booked for culpable homicide, arrested

Investigators said the fatal crash which took place on March 5 was due to sheer negligence on part of the driver Ch Venkatesh (31), who allegedly had no valid driving license and drove in a rash and negligent manner, apart from in an inebriated condition

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police arrested an auto-rickshaw driver in connection with an accident in which a nine-year-old boy was killed in Chevella in Ranga Reddy district. The police, who booked a case under culpable homicide not amounting to murder, have arrested the vehicle owner as well.

Investigators said the fatal crash which took place on March 5 was due to sheer negligence on part of the driver Ch Venkatesh (31), who allegedly had no valid driving license and drove in a rash and negligent manner, apart from in an inebriated condition.

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As a result, the auto went out of control, skidded and thrown a passenger C Vishal (9), from Tandur of Vikarabad, out of the vehicle. The child suffered head injuries and died while under treatment at the Osmania General Hospital.

Chevella police had booked Venkatesh and Anjaiah, the vehicle owner, for allowing the former to drive without license. They were produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody.

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