Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)
Puttur, Dec 21: The traffic police have taken into custody the driver of a tipper which hit the motorbike driven by senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Venkataramana Holla and caused his death in the wee hours of December 15. The tipper had sped away after getting involved with the accident at Polya on Mani-Mysuru Road.
The arrested driver has been identified as Charan Kumar from Panaje. The accident took place when he was driving the tipper towards Mangaluru to collect a load of sand. The tipper driver had gone away with his vehicle and there were no eyewitnesses. Initially it was believed that Holla would have died after his bike tripped and hit the road divider. But a close inspection revealed that his head looked like having been crushed on one side under the weight of something.
Holla was going to his house in Bantwal from Puttur when the tipper came from behind and knocked him down. The police unearthed the truth on the basis of GPS of the tipper and mobile network of the driver.