Apr 28 2008
UP MLA’s son crushed 3, injures 9!
Kasif Abbas, son of Uttar Pradesh MLA Shadab Fatima allegedly crushed down three persons under his car and injuring nine others while drunken driving in the early hours on Saturday.
“It seems to be a case of drunk driving. The teenager Kasif Abbas has been detained. Beer bottles have been recovered from the car. The medical examination has confirmed that he had consumed it. Strict legal action will be taken against all accompanying him,” UP DGP Vikram Singh told reporters.
“Seventeen-year-old Abbas was driving his mother’s red-beaconed car in an intoxicated state when he lost control over the vehicle and ran over three persons, who died on spot,” police said.
Abbas’ mother Shadab Fatima is SP MLA from Gazipur and also the Chairperson of UP Upbhokta Sahkari Sangh. Abbas was driving the car and he didn’t even have a driving license. After the incident he was arrested by the police and the car is kept in the custody.
His Tata Safari hit two motorcyclists before colliding with an electric pole and then a pan shop in the Parivartan Chowk area.
“Safari came speedily and may be to avoid the accident or whatever got on to the pavement. Some people were asleep there and they were seriously injured,” SP Akhil Kumar said adding that the car having a beacon was issued in the name of UP Upbhokta Sahkari Sangh’s President.
