Minister’s son dies in road accident

June 26, 2012

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Chennai, June 26: The 27-year-old son of state minister for food and cooperation Sellur K Raju died early on Monday of injuries sustained earlier in a road accident on NSC Bose Road.

Around 11.50pm on Sunday, police said, R Tamizhmani was riding his Enfield bike (TN-59 AU 9555) to Broadway from Parry's Corner when the vehicle hit a speed breaker on NSC Bose Road. He lost control and was thrown to the ground.

"He was not wearing a helmet and suffered severe injuries to the head. He was also injured in the chest," said a traffic official.

Alerted of the incident by a few shop-keepers in the area, police rushed to the spot and took him to the Government General Hospital from where he was shifted to a private hospital.

He was admitted at the hospital around 1.30am and was put on a ventilator. He died without responding to the treatment around 2.20am.

After a post-mortem at Government General Hospital his body was taken to Madurai, his home town, police said.

The Elephant Gate traffic investigation police who initially registered a case under IPC section 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) later altered the section to 304 A (causing death by negligence).

Tamizhmani, the only son of Sellur K Raju, completed his diploma in yoga and was teaching yoga, police sources said. Tamzhilmani was living with his father, mother and two sisters at the ministers' quarters on Greenways Road, Chennai.

An official press release said that chief minister J Jayalalithaa spoke over the phone to the bereaved family and expressed her condolences, while minister Natham R Viswanathan placed a wreath on her behalf. Several ministers and MLAs paid their last respects.



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They held aloft flags and raised slogans against celebration of Valentines Day and "created havoc" at different malls, a police press release said.

On receiving information, police rushed to a mall, but the Bajrang Dal activists escaped from the spot.

Five of them were later identified with the help of CCTV footage and arrested, police said.

The others too have been identified and efforts were on to nab them, police said.

Two cases have been registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code on a complaint from shop owners, the release said.

 

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The incident occurred at Mangewadi in Patoda on Thursday, when a passerby found the body of Asaram Pote hanging from a tree in his farm, an official said.

The police were immediately alerted and Pote's body was brought down in the presence of his relatives and locals, he said.

A suicide note was found on the deceased's person, in which he said that he had taken the extreme step as he was scared of contracting COVID-19 infection and no one should be held responsible for his death, the official said.

A case of accidental death was registered in this regard and further probe was underway, he added.

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A police team reached the spot within a few minutes of the accident and rescued the injured with the help of locals. They were rushed to a nearby hospital. “Five passengers were killed on the spot while another died minutes after reaching the hospital,” Hindustan Times quoted Kannauj DSP Amarendra PD Singh as saying.

Around 20 other passengers have also sustained injuries who were admitted to the hospital, the police said. The bus had started from Bihar's Darbhanga and was en route to Delhi. "The private bus was coming from Darbangha and going to Delhi when it hit a car. Both the vehicles came down from the highway," a senior police official told news agency ANI.

Meanwhile, authorities are trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased. UP CM Yogi Adityanath expressed over the loss of lives and directed officials to ensure all help to the victims.

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