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BENGALURU: An SUV belonging to a erstwhile Karnataka curate fatally mowed down a 23-year-old mill idiosyncratic adjacent Magadi, astir 55km from Bengaluru, adjacent to Thursday midnight.Family members of the deceased, Rajesh BG, alleged that elder Congress person HM Revanna's lad Shashank was driving the SUV.
However, by precocious Friday, Revanna claimed a household driver, identified arsenic Nagaraj, was astatine the wheel, and admitted Shashank owned the vehicle.Police said the achromatic Toyota Fortuner — KA-51-MQ-0555 — rammed a gearless scooter adjacent Gudemaranahalli junction astir 11.45pm. Its rider Rajesh, the sole breadwinner successful a household of three, died instantly.Local residents alleged the SUV did not halt astatine the transgression country and drove away, making them angry.
A fewer bike-borne youths blocked the SUV aft a 1km chase. The antheral successful the driver's spot is reported to person identified himself arsenic the lad of Revanna and pleaded with them for harmless transition arsenic "family members" were successful the vehicle.Saying helium would parkland the conveyance and speech to them, the ‘driver' sped away. Later successful the day, R Rajesh, brother-in-law of the victim, told reporters extracurricular Kudur constabulary presumption that Shashank was driving the vehicle.
In the evening, Revanna said, "We've 4 cars, including the SUV progressive successful the accident. Our operator — and not Shashank — was astatine the wheel. Shashank's woman and girl were besides successful the vehicle, returning from a ritual astatine our Magadi farmhouse. After dinner, we near astir 10.30pm. We were successful 2 vehicles. Shashank and his household were successful our SUV. The SUV was driven by our regular driver, Nagaraj. Near the toll, an mishap occurred betwixt our SUV and a bike, wherever a younker died.
Nagaraj should person stopped and offered help. However, fearing a combat whitethorn interruption retired and the women successful the conveyance could onshore successful trouble, the operator drove away. It was a mistake," Revanna said.Police said the CCTV footage from Gudemaranahalli toll shows Shashank driving the SUV portion going to Magadi. However, the footage of the instrumentality travel is pixellated and blurry, they added.Rajesh, who worked astatine a mill successful Dobbespet for a meagre salary, supported his parents and an elder sister.
