Kamal Ghorui
Bengaluru: A 29-year-old man, allegedly driving his car in the wrong direction on the one-way Cunningham Road, fatally knocked down two people on a scooter in the early hours of Sunday.The deceased have been identified as Zubair Ahmed, 42, a resident of Rehmat Nagar in RT Nagar, and his employee Abdul Musaveer Pasha 16, of Frazer Town.According to a complaint filed by Ahmed’s relative Umar Iqbal, the car driven by Aiyappa AC was involved in the head-on collision in front of the Waqf Board Cross around 2am.Ahmed was on the way to Pasha’s home to drop him off when the accident took place. Aiyappa was driving rashly and negligently under the influence of alcohol, Umar said in his complaint.After hitting the scooter, the car dragged them for around 100 metres, rammed the pavement, and crashed into a pole before coming to a halt. Both Ahmed and Pasha sustained severe injuries. Bystanders called in an ambulance and shifted them to the nearby Bowring Hospital, where the doctors declared them brought dead.A senior officer said that Aiyappa, a native of Kodagu, is involved in the business of supplying herbal coffee powder, while Zubair runs a lathe workshop near KR Market.During interrogation, Aiyappa claimed that he failed to notice the scooter due to heavy rain. His blood samples have been collected to medically confirm whether he was under the influence of alcohol or any other substances, the officer added.A case has been registered against Aiyappa at the High Grounds traffic police station.
