Hyderabad: Drunk caterer runs amok, rams four vehicles; 1 person dead

HYDERABAD: A 45-year-old businessman, reportedly driving under the influence of alcohol, rammed his car into four vehicles and sped way, leaving one of his victims dead, while another was seriously injured in a span of a few hours on Monday. Cyberabad police arrested the offender, B Keshava, on Tuesday.
Keshava, 45, who runs catering business from Bapughat, Langar Houz, on Monday took his brother’s Ford EcoSport car for a spin. Later, he reportedly consumed liquor.
As he was returning home, he first hit a car, causing damage to the vehicle. Later, on his way to Rajendranagar, he rammed into an auto near Budwel Extension, police said. While proceeding to Shivarampally, he crashed into a Honda Activa at PVNR Expressway Pillar Number 203. The rider, Srinivas from Kismathpur, was returning from his sister’s house after celebrating Raksha Bandhan. He sustained severe head injuries in the accident and died on the way to hospital.
“After causing the accident, he sped away towards Mailardevpally. There, he again rammed into another two-wheeler and caused injury to the rider, Gandhari Shiva,” Rajendranagar inspector G Suresh said.
When some eye-witnesses followed his vehicle and passed on information to police, the men in khaki swung in action and chased the car to stop him at Shathamrai under the RGI Airport police station limits. He was questioned and police ran a breathalyser test on him.
“His blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was found to be 550 mg/100 ml permissible limit: 30mg/100 ml). Four cases were registered against him under Rajendranagar and Mailardevpally limits,” the officer added. He was booked under Section 304-II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of IPC. He was arrested and sent to Central Jail, Cherlapally.
In another accident, a man died, while his two pillion riders were injured after their bike was hit by a Hyundai i10 car on Monday. The car driver was arrested by Chaitanyapuri police on Tuesday.
Raghavendra and his two friends, pillion riders Hemanth and Dilip, were proceedings towards Mohan Nagar from Omni Hospital on their Pulsar bike late on Monday night.