The Bengaluru traffic police have identified Kannada actress and reality TV star Divya Suresh as the alleged driver of the car that knocked down three people on a motorcycle in the Byatarayanapura area of the city in the early hours of October 4.
The legal procedures for prosecuting the actress, who was a contestant on the Kannada edition of the Bigg Boss reality show, in the case have been initiated, the police said.
According to a police complaint filed on October 7 by the motorcycle rider, Kiran G, 25, he was travelling with his cousins Anusha and Anitha near the Nithya Hotel in Byatarayanapura at around 1.30 am when an unknown speeding black car knocked his vehicle down.
While Kiran and Anusha, 24, suffered minor injuries due to the accident, Anitha, 33, suffered a bad injury to her leg and had to be taken to the BGS Hospital, where her leg was found to be broken, the complaint said. The doctors at BGS prescribed surgery to repair the leg, the complaint added.
According to Kiran, he did not approach the police until three days after the accident, as he was busy with Anitha’s medical treatment. The First Information Report (FIR), which was registered under sections for causing danger to public life, noted that the car driver left the scene of the accident without stopping.
While the police complaint stated that the accident involved an unidentified black car driven by a woman driver, the investigation based on CCTV camera footage near the scene of the incident led the police to track down the vehicle as belonging to Suresh, who was also the driver, said a senior traffic police officer for the Bengaluru west region.
“The matter is under further investigation,” a police officer said.
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Three years ago, Suresh had announced a hiatus from her social media account by citing injuries she had suffered in an accident.