Hyderabad: In a startling turn of events, a recent case of rash and drunken driving resulting in a collision with a traffic barricade in Panjagutta took a controversial twist when identity of the accused and the person named in the First Information Report (FIR) mismatched.
The incident unfolded during the early hours of Sunday, December 24, around 3 am, when a BMW car bearing registration number TS13 ET 0777 collided with a traffic barricade.
Investigations revealed that the vehicle involved was being driven by the son of BRS leader and former MLA of Bodhan, Shakeel Amir. Police sources said the accused was accompanied by three girls during the incident. When the barricades were damaged, police officers present at the scene brought the accused to the police station.
Meanwhile, the inspector who was on duty that day sent a home guard to the Panjagutta traffic police station to test the accused with a breathalyser. He was found to have consumed liquor. Soon afterwards, the accused ‘fled’, according to police.
Later, the police named Abdul Asif, 27, son of Abdul Aleem, in the FIR and registered a case under Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act, Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act (PDPPA).
However, it was alleged that the car involved in the accident was, in fact, being driven by the son of a former MLA, and the accused named in the FIR was a different person.
Due to this, many doubts are being expressed whether the accused escaped on his own or with the help of police.
It was alleged that leveraging his influential connections, the ex-MLA’s son purportedly managed to sway the identification of the accused in the FIR. This raised eyebrows within legal circles and among the public, hinting at potential misuse of authority to alter the official records and change the name of the individual involved in the rash driving incident.
Now, the authorities are under mounting scrutiny to address the discrepancy in the FIR and investigate the circumstances surrounding the name change of the accused.
When this matter came to the attention of the DCP (west zone), he came to the station to investigate the case. The case has now been handed over to SR Nagar division ACP YV Rao.
