BENGALURU: A two-wheeler rider died in a hit-and-run accident involving an SUV belonging to former minister and Congress guarantee implementation committee chairman H M Revanna’s son Shashank near Gudemaranhalli in Magadi taluk around 10.30 pm on Tuesday. The deceased identified as 23-year-old Rajesh, was returning home from work.

According to eyewitnesses, the car in which Shashank, along with his family members, including his wife and an elderly person, fled the scene. Locals chased the car and stopped it near the SunPure factory, about 5 km away from the scene of the accident.

Shashank reportedly shouted at the locals that he was H M Revanna’s son and tried to escape after claiming that he would park the vehicle by the roadside, but the locals managed to detain him. The Toyota Fortune

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