Man's death in road accident leads to protest in Hyderabad village

HYDERABAD: The death of a pedestrian, who was suspected to be in a drunken condition, after a lorry hit him in Thirumalapur village in Mahabubnagar on Wednesday late night, led to mild tension, as the villagers staged a protest on Thursday.
Mahabubnagar police said that K Narasimhulu,51, and another villager, whose name is also Narasimhulu, are generally known for moving in the village late in the night allegedly in a drunken condition.
On Thursday between 12 am and 1 am, K Narasimhulu got down the bike and walked on to the road, perhaps with an intention to stop a lorry.
"K Narasimhulu was a habitual drinker and he has the habit of stopping local sand lorries and collect money, sometimes even beg the lorry drivers, to meet his alcohol needs. It looks that on Wednesday late night, in his attempt to stop a lorry, he suddenly went in front of a lorry, which hit him and K Narasimhulu died," Mahbubnagar police told TOI.
According to police, the lorry driver Raju after realizing that he committed accident, stopped the lorry and returned near dead body. As locals started to gather in large number, Raju fled from the place fearing that he might be attacked.
But on Thursday there were reports locally in Mahabubnagar that there could be foul play behind K Narasimhulu’s death, since he has been fighting against local sand mining. However, district police dismissed this theory by calling it as a road accident incident and he was never an activist.
The local villagers for nearly four hours staged protest in the village demanding compensation from the lorry owner. Later the family members of the K Narasimhulu gave a complaint seeking investigation citing it as a road accident. The local police registered a case under section 304 a (negligence causing death) of IPC.