Father dropping son to bus stand killed, son critical as their bike crashes into car in Puttur
Puttur: In a tragic road accident, a Maruti Omni and a two-wheeler collided on Sunday night at the Mani-Mysuru National Highway here at Kumbra killing the bike rider and injuring his son who was riding a pillion.
The deceased has been identified as Kumbra Panjigudde resident Raghunath Shetty (55), his 25-year-old son Anush Shetty who was traveling around with Raghunath has sustained critical injuries and was rushed to a local hospital. He was later shifted to a private hospital in Mangaluru for further treatment.
Anush was working in Bengaluru. On Sunday, Raghunath Shetty was dropping his son to the bus stand as he was leaving for Bengaluru when they crashed into an oncoming Maruti Omni vehicle driven by Puttur traffic police station personnel Sheenappa at the Thingaladi road near Kumbra. The father-son duo on the bike were immediately thrown off the bike due to the impact of the crash and sustained injuries.
Locals including film actor Sundar Rai Mandara and his friends immediately took the injured men to a hospital in Puttur. Unfortunately, Raghunath Shetty breathed his last on the way to the hospital. Anush Shetty, who had a serious cut on his leg had to be later admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru.
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Ghatkopar hoarding collapse accused brought to Mumbai, to be produced in court
Mumbai (PTI): Bhavesh Bhinde, an advertising firm’s director, whose company had put up the giant hoarding that collapsed in Mumbai killing 16 people, was brought to the city early on Friday, a police official said.
Bhinde, director of M/s Ego Media Pvt. Ltd., the advertising agency which recently installed the billboard that crashed in suburban Ghatkopar on Monday evening, was apprehended from Udaipur in Rajasthan on Thursday, he said.
Bhinde was then taken to Ahmedabad and from there he was brought to Mumbai by flight, the official said.
The police team along with Bhinde arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport around 5 am and he was taken to a crime branch office, he said.
He will be produced before the court later in the day, he said.
After trailing Bhinde for three days, the city police nabbed him on Thursday from Udaipur, he said.
The 120 feet x 120 feet hoarding collapsed onto a nearby petrol pump in the Chhedanagar area in Ghatkopar during gusty winds and heavy unseasonal rains, killing 16 people and injuring 75 others.
After the tragedy, a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the IPC was registered at the Pant Nagar Police Station against Bhinde, all directors of the advertising agency Ego Media, its officials and employees, officials had said earlier.
