One critical as car rams bike, angry mob roughs up driver

Hyderabad: A 21-year-old student, who came on a vacation from the US, was assaulted by an angry mob at Road No. 12, Banjara Hills, in the very early hours of Friday after he rammed his high-end car into a student riding a bike, which resulted in the latter suffering severe injuries.Police arrested Shreyas Reddy of Gandipet and sent his blood sample for alcohol and drug analysis after the family of the motorist alleged that Shreyas could be driving under the influence of liquor. Ameer Hussain, 24, from Shergate area in King Koti, was riding his bike from the pension office junction towards Road Number 12 at around 1 am when the Audi Q3 car taking a U-turn hit his bike. “Both Shreyas and Ameer were at high speed and due to the collision, Ameer fell off his bike. He suffered multiple injuries, including a severe head injury. His condition is critical,” Masab Tank inspector S Koteshwara Rao said.Following the accident, Shreyas along with his two friends shifted Ameer to a hospital. “Shreyas shifted the injured to a nearby hospital which was 300 metres away. But locals who gathered there roughed up Shreyas, who fled from the spot along with his friends while abandoning the car,” the inspector said. Police stepped in to disperse the angry crowds. Based on the complaint of Ameer’s family, police registered a case against Shreyas, who is a second year undergraduate student in the US, under section 337 of the IPC.