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Mysuru: Techie detained after his BMW knocks down six

MYSURU: Mysuru city traffic police detained a Chennai-based techie and seized his BMW on charges of negligent and dangerous driving.

The driver allegedly knocked down two pedestrians, injured three autorickshaw passengers and a two-wheeler rider here on Thursday.

Ranjith, a manager with an IT firm in Chennai, was speeding and trying to overtake other vehicles on the busy Sayyajirao Road, said police. Ranjith was headed to Mangaluru and had stopped over at Mysuru.

He was allegedly speeding from Visvesvaraya Circle. He veered to the right to avoid hitting an SUV and rammed into an auto.Two women who were beside the auto were flung into the air, said passersby.

Police are probing the details of the techie but claimed that he was not drunk. The injured are auto driver Anthony, passengers Shankar and Lakshmamma, pedestrians Anitha and Hemalatha, and Basavaraj who was on a two-wheeler. All of them have been hospitalised.

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