INDIA

Maharashtra Minister’s Car Hits Motorcycle, Rider killed

Mumbai: It has been reported that a 45-year-old man was killed after an SUV, belonging to Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena minister Tanaji Sawant, hit his two-wheeler in Solapur district on Monda.

The incident occurred around 8.30 am at a state highway intersection near Shelgaon Hole village, about 220 km from here, said an official at Barshi police station.

Sawant, MLC and the state water conservation minister, who was not in the SUV (sports utility vehicle) at the time of the accident, said its occupants included driver Anuradha Sursay (28) and another person.

“The victim, identified as Shyam Hole, was trying to get to the other side of the road on his motorcycle after being hit by an SUV,” the officer said. He died on the spot.

“Minister Sawant was not in the car. His driver and another person were heading towards a college in Barsi owned by Sawant,” he said.

The driver was later arrested and a case was registered under Section 304-A (causing death due to negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.

After the accident, some angry locals attacked the car and damaged it, he said, adding that heavy police security was deployed on the highway.

Inspector Bhagwant Vitthal Munde of Barsi Police Station told PTI that Sures did not run away from the spot.

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