Udupi Congress leader’s son arrested over hit-and-run incident that killed a man

The Shirva police checked CCTV footage from the region and found the vehicle to be a Thar belonging to Shetty, son of Belapu grama panchayat president Deviprasad Shetty.

The investigation following Shetty’s arrest and the seizure of the Thar revealed that the vehicle was being driven at a high speed on the extreme right side of a narrow road while the motorcycle was coming in the opposite direction.

“The accused fled the spot assuming that nobody had witnessed the accident, but the vehicle was traced on the basis of CCTV footage and the suspect was identified the next day after the accident,” a police officer said.

“After knocking down my son and injuring him, the driver of the vehicle did not stop to check on him or inform a nearby police station about the incident but drove away, leading to his death,” Hussain’s father Umarabba, a labourer, said in his police complaint.

The police initially registered a case of grievous injuries and later converted it to a case of fatal injuries caused by an accident.