Another ‘sonstroke’ for Telugu Desam party. After Ravela Kishore’s son Susheel, now it is the son of union minister Sujana Chowdary to hit the headlines and this is the third such ugly incident where sons of TDP leaders involved.
Sai Karthik, son of Sujana Chowdary, union minister of state for science technology, has been detained by the Hyderabad Police at posh Banjara Hills locality for rash driving, which they said part of the street car racing, last night.
Police registered a case under Motor Vehicle Act and seized his German made Porsche bearing the number AP 09 CV 9699. The police said the vehicle belonged to the Sujana Universals, one of the companies his father owns.
Of late Hyderabad has earned notoriety for the street car racing,which has become latest fad of youth belonging rich and super-rich families in posh localities. All expressways and arterial roads including Outer Ring Road and PVNR Expressway in the city have become unofficial ‘tracks’ for the racing.
Police sources said widening of roads and easy availability of SUVs of local and foreign make had triggered the races in the city and had become late night passtime for the children of big and influential. One can easily spot these high-end bikes and cars crisscrossing city roads, converting them into the racing tracks.
“The road encircling the KBR pars has become the most favored ‘track’ for the night racing. Among other stretches are Jubilee Hills-Old Bombahy high way, Rajiv Rahadari, Medchal Road, Gachibowli Cross Roads etc,” the sources said.
According to police, Sai Karthik and four others had participated in the car racing near popular spot KBR park.
The police, while on special drive to curb the traffic violations noticed something unusual in the speed with which the minister’s car zooming on the main road. Finally they stopped car bearing the number AP 09 CV 9699 with great difficultury and found the young-man at the wheel, which later turned out that as son of union minister Sujana Chowdary.
It may be recalled that last year, son of TDP MLA Bonda Uma also created a headache for his father when his car involved in a deadly accident near Edlapadu in Guntur district. The car racing lead to the death of a B-tech student and police booked a case against him. Of course, nothing will happen ultimately, because they are not only sons of MLAs and ministers but also future MLAs.
