Sharmiela Mandre

injuries

Vasanthnagar

Cunningham

car

BR Ravikanthe Gowda

They tried to mislead police to buy time; will be booked if there was no pressing need for outingFilm actress, 33, and her friend K Lokesh Vasanth, 35, sustainedafter the Jaguar in which they were travelling in the wee hours of Saturday crashed into a pillar of the railway underbridge inThe two got admitted to a private hospital onRoad around 3 am and left after taking first aid, saying they would approach their family doctors for further treatment.The High Grounds traffic police have taken up a suo moto case after coming to know of the accident from the private hospitals Medico Legal Case (MLC).At the time of registering the MLC in the hospital, they were told that the place of accident was Jayanagar.But police found out that this was untrue as they traced thein Vasanthnagar with its front portion completely damaged.They suspect the false information was given to buy time and shift the car from the spot.Mandre is said to have sustained injuries on her face, hand and her friend Vasanth has injuries on his hand.The car (KA-51-MJ-2481) which has been seized by the police had to be towed in a private towing vehicle. When the police went to check the accident spot, a person appeared there and claimed that he was driving the car. After he was asked to produce his licence and vehicle documents, he suddenly changed his version and said he was not driving. After he was warned that action would be taken against him for misleading the police, he left.“The car had KSP Clear Pass pasted on it. We are checking the purpose for which the car pass was obtained. Details of who was driving are also being ascertained. It is not clear what made them step out during the lockdown. If it is found that they had come out for a joy ride in violation of the lockdown orders, a case will be registered against them under NDMA. The traffic police have taken up a suo-moto case,”, Joint Commissioner of Police (traffic), told media.A case of rash driving on a public way (IPC 279), causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others (IPC 337) and section 134 (B) of the Motor Vehicle Act has been registered by the High Grounds traffic police.