Hyderabad, April 5 – A woman was killed and her husband injured after a goods transport vehicle (DCM) hit the scooter they were riding and dragged it for about a kilometre in Hyderabad.
The incident occurred in the IT hub of Madhapur late on Saturday night. The deceased, Haniya Ayesha (22), was identified. Her husband, Abdul Basit (26), sustained serious injuries and has been admitted to a private hospital.
According to police, the scooter was hit by the vehicle near Mindspace. While Abdul Basit fell by the roadside, the woman, along with the scooter, was dragged by the vehicle for about a kilometre.
Noticing the DCM vehicle dragging the woman along with the scooter, passersby chased and intercepted it. However, the DCM driver managed to escape. But the locals caught the cleaner, beat him, and then handed him over to the police.
Both the woman and her husband were taken to AIG Hospital, where doctors declared Haniya dead on arrival. Abdul Basit was undergoing treatment for serious injuries.
The couple, from Kerala, were working at a Malabar Gold store. They were returning home in Maheshwaram after watching a movie in Kukatpally.
Police shifted the woman’s body for post-mortem examination. A police officer said that the couple’s family has been informed about the accident.
Madhapur police registered a case and started an investigation.
Police were searching for the DCM driver. The vehicle was registered in Karnataka.
Meanwhile, a container truck carrying autorickshaws caught fire in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district.
The accident occurred near the Bengaluru-Chennai National Highway in Bangarupalem mandal of Chittoor district.
The container, transporting eight autos from Hosur to Jharkhand, suddenly caught fire. The vehicle was gutted before the fire tender could reach the scene to douse the flames.
The cause of the fire was not known. Police registered a case and launched an investigation.
