Overview
- The 51-year-old KSMCL managing director was traveling from Ramdurg to Kalaburagi for a family wedding when the crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
- Initial police reports state the Innova struck a road divider near Gonahalli Cross in Jewargi taluk and overturned.
- Relatives identified as Shankar Bilagi and Eeranna Bilagi died at the scene, while Mahantesh Bilagi succumbed to injuries at a private hospital in Kalaburagi.
- Bilagi, a 2012-batch IAS officer, earlier served as BESCOM managing director and as deputy commissioner of Davangere.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar offered condolences, and senior district officials visited the hospital as the probe continues.