Hyderabad: Telangana’s opposition Congress on Tuesday accused state Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister Kalvakuntla Tarakarama Rao for trying to shield the accused in Biodiversity Flyover accident as he happened to be his distant relative.
Kalvakuntla Krishna Milan Rao, the CEO of a start-up, was allegedly driving the car at a very high speed and in rash manner which resulted in the vehicle falling off the flyover in the busy Information Technology corridor of Gachibowli on November 23, killing a woman and injuring three others.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail said by constituting a committee to study the safety aspects of the flyover, the minister was trying to shield his relative.
The Congress leader alleged that efforts are being made to create a report that the accident occurred due to safety issues and not due to Milan Rao’s negligent and rash driving.
He claimed that the accused is a close relative of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA Kalvakuntla Vidyasagar Rao and distant relative of Kalvakuntla Tarakarama Rao, son of Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao.
The Congress leader asked why safety measures were not taken before opening the flyover early this month.
Milan Rao is the CEO and co-founder of Empower Labs, which claimed to be India’s first augmented reality gaming company.
Cyberabad Police said they booked Milan Rao under section 304 (A) of the Indian Penal Code for causing death by negligence. He faces a possible two years imprisonment.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police A. Venkateshwar Rao, the investigations found him driving the car at a very high spend and losing control over it while negotiating a curve.
The police officer said they would arrest Milan Rao and produce him in court after he was discharged from the hospital. Police have collected footage from CCTV cameras and issued a challan of Rs 1,000 for overspeeding. This is likely to serve as crucial evidence in the court.
Milan Rao was allegedly driving Volkswagen Polo car at a speed of 104 kmph. The rash and negligent driving led to the car colliding and dragging along the flyover’s railings before toppling over and falling on the road below.
A 55-year-old woman, who was waiting at bus stop, was killed while her daughter and two others were injured.
Milan Rao, who was saved by the car’s airbags and suffered a fracture to his clavicle. He is undergoing treatment at a private hospital.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has shut down the flyover and formed a committee to inspect it and suggest safety measures. Police said the flyover would remain closed till the new safety measures are put in place.
This was the second disaster on the flyover, which was inaugurated earlier this month, connecting the busy IT corridors of Gachibowli and Hitec City.
Two youths were killed when a car hit them on the same flyover on November 9. The youths, who had stopped to take selfies, fell of the bridge after the car being driven by a man in an inebriated condition hit them.
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He alleged that crimes against women, including sexual assault, would not happen if only the women conducted themselves in proper manner.
“Women used to be within limits and were restrained till the advent of the mobile phone. It pains me to say this, but then, we find women whispering into their cell phones everywhere, even on roads. What they would talk, I wonder”, began the once-popular filmmaker, who had given several hit movies.
He then suggested that women were mostly responsible for the cases of sexual crimes. A man having an affair would take care of the chinnaveedu while caring for his wife as well; but we have seen in newspapers how a woman having an affair would kill her husband and children for the sake of the paramour, he said, adding that such incidents prove that women needed to be self-controlled and disciplined.
Bhagyaraj alleged that sexual crimes against women happened mostly because women were not careful enough.
“It is not correct to blame just the boys”, he said and referred to the ghastly case of the Pollachi multiple rapes that had rocked the state last year. That crime happened only because of the ‘weakness’ of the women concerned, he said at the audio release of Karuthugalai Pathivusei movie on Monday. The film is said to be based on the Pollachi sex scam.
“Bhagyaraj should not have spoken like that”, said well-known actor S Ve Sekar, who was also present at that film function. Such talk could convey wrong message across the society, said the former MLA of Mylapore.