HYDERABAD: Two engineering students, who died when their bike crashed into a road divider at Suraram on Saturday night, were found to be carrying a kilo of ganja in a backpack.
Around 11.05pm on Saturday, a patrolling team of Dundigal police comprising head constable D Shivaram Prasad and constable Ramesh received an alert from police control room about a road accident at Katta Maisamma temple in Suraram.
“We went to the spot and found a Yamaha bike (TR09 EG 2104) had crashed into the median. Two men on the bike were lying on the other side of the median and they had died on the spot with multiple injuries,” head constable Prasad said.
While trying to look for their identity cards, the cops found a red backpack. “In the bag belonging to the victims 1kg ganja was found,” the head constable mentioned in the complaint.
Police later identified the victims as Anantha Vishal, 21, from Domaledigi village of Kodigiri mandal in Nizamabad district, and Sujit, 23, of Mancherial.
Dundigal inspector A Venkatesham said the victims were B Tech final year students of St Peter’s Engineering College in Maisammaguda, Medchal, and they were staying at Mahalakshmi Boys Hostel at Maisammaguda. Vishal’s father Vittal Patel is an MPTC member.
“The accident occurred while they were returning to the hostel. We are trying to verify from whom the youngsters obtained ganja and for what purpose. The bike belongs to Sujit. They did not wear helmets. The blood samples of the victims have also been collected to verify if they were under the influence of any chemical substance at the time of the accident,” the inspector said.
Police have registered a case under Sections 304-A of the IPC and the NDPS Act.