Gachibowli accident: toll rises to two as hotelier succumbs

April 06, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:37 am IST - HYDERABAD:

A hotelier, Hari Prasad, 46, who sustained injuries when a Skoda car driven by Shwethab Kumar, HR manager of Deloitte, rammed into his motorcycle, died while undergoing treatment on Saturday night.

Prasad, along with his wife Soni Ramchandani and son Moksh, stopped their vehicle at Gachibowli junction signal on seeing a red light when Kumar rammed his car into them. While Soni, a software professional, died on the spot, Prasad and Moksh sustained injuries and were shifted to a private hospital for treatment.

The HR manager was in an inebriated state after going on a long drive on Outer Ring Road along with five internees. He was showing them how to race a car when the accident took place, the police said.

Although it has been around a fortnight since the incident, Shwethab continues to evade the police. Police have claimed that teams were sent to his native place in Patna and his in-laws’ place in Pune but could not find him.

Man set ablaze by miscreants dies

Auto driver Anand Pandar (55) who was set ablaze by unidentified persons at Mahankali in Secunderabad three days ago succumbed to burns on Saturday night.

Anand was standing near his autorickshaw at the Bata bus stop when two strangers approached and doused him with petrol and set him ablaze. He was admitted to Gandhi Hospital with 50 per cent burns and died while undergoing treatment.

Another person, Narsing Rao, who was also set ablaze at Monda Market on the same night, is recuperating at Gandhi Hospital for burns. Meanwhile, the police have gathered some clues about the identity of the assailants and are trying to zero in on them.

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