By Admin 
Telangana capital Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar commented on Sunday (October 26, 2025) in the backdrop of the bus fire incident in the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh that drunk drivers are like ‘terrorists’. He warned that those caught driving under the influence in the city would have to face the strictness of the law and anyone endangering the lives of innocent people would not be spared.
Andhra Pradesh Police on Sunday confirmed that two bike-riding persons linked to the incident of fire in a bus in Kurnool late last Friday (October 24, 2025) were drunk. 19 people had died in this accident. The drunk youth had parked the bike in the middle of the road.
Accident occurred due to carelessness of bike rider
Referring to the incident of bus fire, Sajjanar said in a post on social media platform ‘X’, ‘Drunk drivers are terrorists and their actions are no less than terror on our roads. The horrific Kurnool bus accident was not an accident in the true sense. This was a preventable genocide. This happened due to the careless and irresponsible behavior of a drunk bike rider.
The police commissioner said, ‘This was not a road accident, but a criminal act of negligence, which destroyed many families in a matter of seconds.’ He said, ‘The bike rider has been identified as B Shiv Shankar and was under the influence of alcohol.’
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The police commissioner said, ‘It is clear from the CCTV footage that he was seen filling fuel in his motorcycle at 2.24 pm, minutes after which he lost control at 2.39 pm and the collision occurred. His decision to drive under the influence turned a moment into an unimaginable tragedy.
Sajjanar reiterated, ‘I stand firm on my statement that drunk drivers are terrorists in every sense of the word. They destroy lives, families and futures and such actions will never be tolerated. He said that Hyderabad Police is adopting a policy of zero tolerance for drunk driving.
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