MLA’s driver ends life

December 27, 2014 12:00 am | Updated 12:00 am IST

Yalla Siva (32), car driver of MLA Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary, committed suicide by jumping into Godavari from Bobbarlanka bridge near Atreyapuram on Friday. According to police, Siva took the extreme step as he feared that he might be arrested for causing an accident near the bridge. He along with cook Padma was returning in the car from Hyderabad when he hit an autorickshaw causing serious injuries to two persons. Padma told the police that when she tried to stop him but he reached the one end of the bridge and jumped into the river. Police are investigating the case.

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