Bonda Siddharth (Siddhu), son of MLA Bonda Umamaheswara Rao, along with friend Sivaram was arrested by Yadlapadu police in the case relating to accident on national highway on Wednesday. They were produced before the local court at Chilakaluripet and later released on bail.
Police charged Siddharth with causing death of an engineering student Vijay Nagendra, by his negligent driving and slapped cases under sections 304 (A) and 337 IPC.
The incident took place on October 26 at Timmapuram on Guntur-Chilakaluripet national highway. Siddhu and his friends were taking part in a car race in two SUVs, a Toyota Fortuner and a Skoda when the cars crashed into each other while trying to avoid a lorry. The ghastly mishap left their friend Nagendra dead and a few others injured.
The vehicles were flung into the air and fell into a roadside trench killing Nagendra, the Yedlapadu police said. The duo was produced in a local court. Meanwhile, in a bid to step up patrolling on national highways, the Guntur police have acquired two additional rakshak jeeps.
