2 students among four die in road accidents across city

Hyderabad: Since Wednesday afternoon, four people, including two students and an electrician, have died in separate road accidents in the city. The police have confirmed, however, that none of the accidents were related to drunk driving or the New Year celebrations.In Kondapur, D Shankar, a 19-year-old Instamart worker from Sriram Nagar Colony, took his brother's bike to report for work at his office at around 10.30 pm. While travelling towards Kothaguda, in front of Palapitta Park, his bike fell onto the road. Gachibowli inspector K. Balaraju said: "We suspect that the footrest came into contact with the divider and he fell onto the road. He sustained a head injury. Alerted by locals, our team took him to Gandhi Hospital, where he died. As he was on his way to work, we do not suspect that he was drunk. Viscera samples were preserved for analysis."In a separate incident at 2:30 am on Thursday, Ch Venkatesham, a 45-year-old electrician from Edulagudem village in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, died and four others from his village — G Naresh, P Lingaswamy, K Srinu and driver G Sampath Reddy — were injured when their car collided with a truck from behind. Abdullapurmet Inspector V Ashok Reddy said that the victims were travelling back to their village after attending to personal work in Moinabad. "The accident occurred due to speeding and negligent driving. There was no drunk driving in this case," said the inspector.The third accident occurred at 2.30 pm on Wednesday in Narsingi. Kavya, a 20-year-old BCA student in her third year at a private college in Himayatnagar, died at the spot, and her friend T Kaushik Reddy, from Tandur, suffered severe injuries when their motorbike crashed into a DCM van parked on the roadside near the Telangana State Police Academy after losing control due to speeding. The victims were travelling from Aziznagar towards Kalimandir. Kaushik died while receiving treatment at a private hospital on Thursday.Following a complaint from Kavya's family, Narsingi police registered a case of fatal road accident under section 106(1) of BNS.5 held during anti-narcotics checksMeanwhile, EAGLE Force officers arrested four DJs and a reveller for drug possession. On the eve of the New Year, as many as 15 EAGLE Force teams, in coordination with eight Prohibition and Excise teams and local Law and Order police, carried out an anti-narcotics operation across pubs and resorts in the city. Of the 51 people screened in pubs and resorts, four DJs tested positive for ganja consumption. A further 38 people were screened at road checkpoints, with one motorist testing positive for cannabis consumption. All of the offenders were charged under the NDPS Act.