Rajamahendravaram court grants two-day police custody of hit-and-run accused
On August 3, a hit-and-run incident occurred in Rajamahendravaram city, resulting in the fatal death of Dr. Kanike Priyanka, a first-year postgraduate student at GSL Medical College. The accused, Suravarapu Daswanth and Andrew Joseph Edwards, allegedly hit the victim while they were riding pillion on a two-wheeler with the driver of the car behind.
The suspects were granted two-day police custody by a Rajamahendravaram court on Wednesday to investigate the case. The local police, led by ASP and Investigation Officer Patil Devaraj Manish, will probe the incident. The accused, found intoxicated, reportedly hit Dr. Priyanka twice with the car before running her over. She was declared brain dead at G.S.L.
Hospital on the same day and later died at a private hospital in Secunderabad on August 7. A culpable homicide not amounting to murder case has been registered against the accused under Section 105 of the BNS.
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