SUV hits daily wager, man helps him, another car runs both over. Art director’s son held

3 min learnHyderabadSep 1, 2026 07:39 PM IST

On the morning of August 31, Nandu Lal, a each day wager from Bihar, was strolling close to the Outer Ring Highway (ORR) roundabout in Hyderabad when he was knocked down by a rushing SUV. The motive force fled from the spot.

Round this time, a person passing by witnessed the mishap and stopped to assist a critically injured Lal. However at the same time as this particular person, recognized as Zaid Quadri, was shifting Lal into his automobile, one other SUV rammed into his automotive.

Because of the affect, Lal died on the spot whereas Quadri was critically injured. This automobile, too, fled from the spot.

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Raidurgam Police registered a case and launched a hunt for 2 hit-and-run drivers, scanned CCTV footage and recognized the automobile concerned within the second collision by way of its damaged bumper. On Tuesday, police decided that the automobile is owned by Anand Sai, a outstanding artwork director. Police learnt that his son Sandeep was on the wheel when the SUV crashed into Quadri’s automobile.

Raidurgam Police Inspector Thota Bhupathi confirmed that the automobile concerned within the secondary collision was being pushed by Sandeep. He was taken into custody and delivered to Raidurgam Police Station on Tuesday afternoon. The SUV he was driving has additionally been seized.

First automobile not traced but

In the meantime, the automobile that first hit Lal, whereas he was strolling in direction of Khajaguda village, has not been traced but. Police mentioned they’re working to trace down the automobile and arrests could be made within the case quickly.

This comes barely a fortnight after an analogous accident, involving the son of a outstanding character, left one particular person lifeless.

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On August 21, Jana Sena Social gathering’s Rajya Sabha MP Lingamaneni Ramesh’s son Sanjush was summoned by the Cyberabad Police after his Aston Martin hit a lady exterior a mall in Hyderabad, inflicting her dying.

The incident occurred on August 16, when the 21-year-old was allegedly rushing within the high-end luxurious automotive and hit Bharati Mukhi, a 26-year-old mall worker. Sanjush stopped his automobile and rushed the sufferer to a close-by hospital the place she was declared lifeless. Sanjush has not been arrested but with officers in search of authorized opinion within the matter.

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