Overview
- Police identified the victim as Dhanashree, 22, who was fatally run over by a tipper truck after a fall near Budigere Cross in East Bengaluru on Monday morning.
- Investigators are reviewing CCTV from the area, and a manhunt is in progress for the truck driver who fled the scene.
- BJP accused the Congress-led government of negligence and attributed the death to potholes, also questioning the use of previously announced ₹750 crore for repairs.
- Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar called the pothole claim false, citing 13,000 potholes filled and directing officials to prepare a ₹1,100 crore plan to develop 550 km of arterial roads.
- Police described the crash stretch as relatively well maintained with potholes on the opposite carriageway, while eyewitness claims of a swerve to avoid a pothole remain under examination.