Overview
- The collision occurred around 9:30–10:00 p.m. Thursday outside the Trivandrum Club in Thiruvananthapuram, and a detached number plate led police to car KL-01-CJ-0004 registered to Sudheer Kumar Raju.
- The injured riders, Sooraj and Nivedith Krishna, both 20, sustained serious leg, head, and spinal injuries and were admitted to private hospitals, with emergency surgeries reported.
- Museum Police registered a case under BNS Sections 281 and 125(a) and Motor Vehicles Act Sections 134(A) and 134(B) for rash driving and failure to assist or report.
- CCTV footage obtained by police reportedly shows the car colliding with the motorcycle and then leaving; officers seized the vehicle after Raju appeared, underwent a medical exam, and was granted station bail.
- Raju admitted he was driving, claimed the motorcycle hit his car, said he panicked and left, and cited ongoing cancer treatment and chikungunya, while the city police chief ordered an inquiry into alleged lapses by local officers.