BMW owner booked for attempt to murder

By Nandana Prem

Mangaluru: Two weeks after the death of the 49 year old woman, hit by a luxury car in Mangaluru, the accused driver has been tested negative for alcohol or drug consumption. According to the test report, the person behind the wheels. Shravan Kumar was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident, the Mangaluru City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar said on Tuesday.

Following this, the Mangaluru City Police have booked the accused under IPC section 308 (attempt to commit murder). According to police, Shravan Kumar was booked under this section based on the opinion of legal experts.

The accused was earlier charged under IPC 304 for causing death by negligence. The cases have now been revised on procuring the drug test report. Along with this, he has also been booked under IPC 279, 337 and 338, the police added. The accused has been charged for rash driving and causing harm through negligence. It has been noted that the vehicle documents of the accused were improper and the police are conducting an enquiry about the same. 

The accident took place in the afternoon hours of Saturday, 9 April 2022 on the M G Road in Mangaluru. The CCTV footage showed a speeding BMW car jumping off the road median and then crashing into two cars and two 2-wheelers moving on the other side.

Preethi Manoj, the victim, was riding one of the scooters and was critically injured. On 23rd of April, she breathed her last.

On May 10th the City Police Commissioner clarified that the accused Shravan Kumar wasn’t booked under any section for consuming drugs while driving. He also appreciated Preethi Manoj’s family for donating her organs. Preethi Manoj’s liver was handed over to Aster CMI Hospital in Bengaluru and kidneys to KMC hospitals in Manipal and Mangaluru.