Drunken car driver booked over hit-and-run case

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A food delivery executive died on the spot after a drunken car driver knocked him down near Nayandahalli on Mysuru Road in the city. The deceased was identified by the police as Prasanna Kumar, 25, a native of HD Kote, Mysuru. As per sources, Kumar used to work as a cashier for Swathi Hotel until midnight and during the day used to work as a food delivery executive for the app-based service, Zomato.

The incident took place around 1:45 am on Monday when Kumar was on his way to deliver food to a customer near Vishwapriya Apartment in RR Nagar. An over-speeding car hit Kumar throwing him about 50 metres away from the accident spot due to the impact. Kumar's bike was dragged by the car for a few metres before the driver was stopped by some locals who witnessed the incident.

The driver, Vinayak, was handed over to the police. It is learnt that the accused, Vinayak, is a sales executive with a private firm in Bengaluru. He was returning from a booze party along with his friends including three women. Police said all of them were drunk.