Secunderabad Club manager killed in accident at Madhapur

Hyderabad: A software engineer, allegedly driving in an inebriated condition, jumped a traffic signal and rammed his car into a motorbike killing Secunderabad Club manager Gautam Dev on the spot and critically injuring his wife Swetha Shravani in the early hours of Friday. The accident occurred at the Cyber Towers junction in Madhapur at 1.15 am, when the techie, identified as M Kashi Viswanath (29), jumped the signal on his Mercedes Benz and hit the Royal Enfield Bullet on which Dev and his wife were traveling, Madhapur Inspector P Ravindra Prasad said.

Viswanath was driving the car, owned by a YSRCP leader from Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh which had no number plates. His blood alcohol levels were found to be 150 mg/100 ml instead of the permitted 30mg, police said. According to Prasad, Swetha (32), after shopping, had joined Dev (33), at the club and they were on their way home when the car going towards Kukatpally from the IKEA Road hit the bike. Death was instant for Dev while Swetha survived the crash with injuries.

Viswanath, according to the police, had partied along with his friend Kaushik at a pub in Jubilee Hills, and they were going to Kukatpally to have dinner and then to his residence at Bachupally. Minutes after the accident, Viswanath checked into a hotel room while Kaushik fled the spot. The police, however, nabbed Viswanath while efforts were on to trace Kaushik. Sources said Viswanath had not fixed the number plates after giving the car for servicing.

“As Viswanath jumped the signal and drove the car in a negligent manner in an inebriated condition, we have booked a case against him under Section 304 Part-II (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and arrested him,” Prasad said. The police are also examining the possibility of including the vehicle owner’s name in the case.

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