Two DSPs of the Andhra Pradesh police died in a car accident on Saturday near Hyderabad. The police officers were on the way from Vijayawada to Hyderabad on duty when the accident occurred. Their car rammed into a divider attempting to avoid collision with a vehicle in front which braked suddenly at Choutuppal, some 50 kms from Hyderabad.
Following the collision with the road divider, the vehicle tumbled on the opposite side of the road and was hit by a speeding vehicle, police added.
The two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) who are attached to the Intelligence Security Wing of Andhra Pradesh police lost their lives on the spot, an Additional Superintendent of Police and the driver of the vehicle got hurt.
The victims were being treated at a private hospital, and their condition was reported to be out of danger. A police official told the journalists that the officials had been travelling in another car initially, which stopped working. They then booked a replacement car from Hyderabad.
The two DSPs — Santha Rao and Chakradhar Rao — were killed on the spot, he added. Santha Rao was on duty with respect to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's departure from Hyderabad airport (to Singapore), he added.
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Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar and many others expressed condolence over the death of the two officials in the accident.
"It is sad that two DSPs, Santha Rao and Chakradhar Rao, serving in the intelligence and security wing lost their lives in an accident at Baithapuram village of Choutuppal mandal in Yadadri district," Naidu tweeted in a post on X.
"Condolences to their family members, and may God grant peace to their souls," Naidu added.
Condoling the death of the DSPs, Sanjay Kumar expressed hopes for the early recovery of those who were injured in the accident. Condoling the death of the police officers, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Anitha Vangalapudi also said that the government would make arrangements to avail superior medical treatment to the injured.
In an X post, she stated that the government would support the families of the dead police officers. Former Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also mourned the demise of the two police officers.
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