By Admin 
Andhra Pradesh Police on Sunday (October 26, 2025) confirmed that the two men riding the motorcycle involved in the fire incident in a Bengaluru-bound bus were drunk. 19 bus passengers were killed in this accident.
On October 24, the motorcycle came under a sleeper bus in Chinna Tekuru village of Kurnool district. Even before the bus collided, the motorcycle met with another accident. There were a total of 44 passengers in the bus. After the collision, the motorcycle kept dragging under the bus for some distance, due to which its petrol tank burst and caught fire.
Police were waiting for forensic evidence
Kurnool Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Koya Praveen told PTI, ‘Forensic investigation has just confirmed that both the persons riding the motorcycle (Shiv Shankar and Ari Swami) were under the influence of alcohol.’ Although the police knew that both were intoxicated, they did not confirm it as they were waiting for forensic evidence.
DIG told on Saturday (October 25, 2025) night that both of them had dinner at a dhaba and Swamy admitted to drinking alcohol. According to the police, Shiv Shankar had left from Lakshmipuram village at around 2 am in the night to drop Swami to Tuggali village.
A video of stopping at a petrol pump goes viral
Kurnool Superintendent of Police Vikrant Patil said that on the way, both of them had stopped at a petrol pump near a car showroom at 2.24 am to fill petrol. A video of his stopping at a petrol pump had gone viral, in which Shankar is seen driving a two-wheeler carelessly.
Shortly after leaving the petrol pump, the two-wheeler slipped, due to which Shankar fell on the right side and collided with the divider and died on the spot. There has been widespread rainfall in the southern state in the last few days, causing slippery roads.
Swami fled to his native village after the incident
Patil said that Swamy pulled Shankar from the middle of the road and examined him and found that he had died on the spot. Patil said, ‘When he was thinking of removing the motorcycle from the road, the bus came at speed and crushed the two-wheeler and dragged it for some distance.’
Due to two consecutive accidents and a massive fire in the bus, Swami got scared and went to his native village Tuggali. Later the police brought Swamy and interrogated him to find out important details of this horrific accident.
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