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Drunk drivers are terrorists, says VC Sajjanar
NEW DELHI: 'Drunk drivers are terrorists, I basal by my connection DRUNK DRIVERS ARE TERRORISTS’, said Hyderabad constabulary commissioner VC Sajjanar, pursuing the tragic autobus occurrence successful Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool territory that killed 20 people. He described the incidental arsenic a preventable massacre caused by the reckless and intoxicated biker, adding that specified acts are “criminal negligence that annihilates full families wrong seconds.” In a station connected X, Sajjanar said, “Drunk drivers are terrorists and their actions are thing abbreviated of acts of panic connected our roads. The horrific Kurnool autobus accident, which claimed the lives of 20 guiltless people, was not an mishap successful the truest sense.
It was a preventable massacre, caused by the reckless and irresponsible behaviour of an intoxicated biker. This was not a roadworthy mishap but a transgression enactment of negligence that annihilated full families wrong seconds.
The biker, identified arsenic B. Shiva Shankar, was nether the power of alcohol. CCTV footage shows him refueling his motorcycle astatine 2:24 a.m., minutes earlier helium mislaid power and caused the devastating collision astatine 2:39 a.m.
His determination to thrust drunk turned a infinitesimal of arrogance into a calamity of unimaginable scale.”
He added, “I basal firmly by my connection that DRUNK DRIVERS ARE TERRORISTS successful each sense. They destruct lives, families, and futures. Such acts volition ne'er beryllium tolerated.” Sajjanar besides stated Hyderabad’s attack to tackling drunk driving, "In Hyderabad, we are adopting a zero-tolerance stance against drunk driving.
Every azygous idiosyncratic caught driving nether the power volition look the afloat unit of law. There volition beryllium nary leniency, nary exceptions, and nary mercy for those who endanger guiltless lives. It’s clip we, arsenic a society, halt calling drunk driving a mistake. It is simply a transgression that shatters lives and indispensable beryllium punished accordingly.
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How the calamity unfolded
Contrary to aboriginal reports that the Kaveri Travels autobus rammed a moving two-wheeler, investigators recovered that the motorcycle had skidded and was stationary erstwhile the autobus struck it. CCTV footage from a adjacent petrol presumption helped constabulary portion unneurotic the series of events. The motorcycle had a pillion rider who survived. His relationship clarified what happened. CCTV footage shows Shiva Shankar, 21, from Tandrapadu colony adjacent Kurnool, entering a petrol presumption with his person Erri Swamy from Tuggali colony astatine 2:22 a.m. After refueling, they near astatine 2:26 a.m. The Kaveri Travels autobus was aboriginal spotted crossing the petrol presumption astatine 2:39 a.m. About 10 minutes later, the fatal mishap occurred astir 3 km distant adjacent Chinna Tekuru village. Shiva Shankar’s assemblage was recovered connected the roadworthy divider beside the charred bus.
