Overview
- Police registered an FIR under BNS sections 125(a) and 281 after an SUV allegedly struck 34-year-old DJ Tribhuvan Thakur around 1 a.m. in Telibandha.
- The accused is Balwant Singh alias Lucky, 34, the son of sitting BJP MLA and former Union minister Renuka Singh.
- Thakur sustained head, rib, leg and back injuries, was moved from DKS Super Speciality Hospital to MMI Narayana, and remains unconscious in the ICU, relatives said.
- Investigators said Singh was driving a friend’s SUV with three passengers, the biker was dragged for a few metres, and the car tried to flee before hitting a divider about 2 km away.
- Police said further sections may be added to the FIR and that they will act on arrest after receiving the doctors’ report on the victim’s condition.