Senior advocate dies after youth rams bike

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A senior advocate was killed when a speeding motorcycle knocked him down while he was walking on Gandhi Bazaar Main Road in Basavanagudi on Monday evening.

KT Dakappa, 71, was walking towards his car to go home from the office when the accident occurred. The accused identified as Aditya N Murthy, 21, a student of a private college was speeding on his bike, when he allegedly lost control and knocked down Dakappa before crashing the bike into a parked car.

The severely injured duo was rushed to a private hospital where Dakappa succumbed to his injuries around 3 am on Tuesday.

Dakappa was a native of Shivamogga and was a senior advocate practicing in Bengaluru for several years. The traffic police said that the accused had obtained the driving licence just 20 days ago.

He was also severely injured and is being treated at a hospital.

The Basavanagudi police have registered a case of causing death due to negligence and rash and negligent driving against Aditya and are probing the case further.