Overview
- Rajesh, a young resident of Belagumba, died at the scene after a late-night collision near the Gudemaranahalli toll booth around 10:30 p.m. on December 11.
- Police say the SUV involved is registered to R. Shashank, son of former minister H. M. Revanna, and officers have seized the vehicle and registered a case.
- Bengaluru South district’s superintendent of police said the case is being treated as hit-and-run and that investigators have not yet identified the driver.
- H. M. Revanna stated that a family driver, not his son, was operating the SUV at the time, a claim police say they are verifying.
- Initial accounts and a police complaint describe the SUV attempting to overtake before a head-on impact; officers have issued a notice to the family as part of the probe.