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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The horrific bus accident in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, in which 20 innocent people lost their lives, has exposed the shortcomings of the road safety system. Investigation has revealed that the bus driver Miriyala Lakshmaiah had obtained the license to drive heavy vehicles on the basis of fake educational certificate. Lakshmaiah, who had studied only till Class 5, obtained the license through a fake Class 10 certificate.

Under licensing rules, education up to class 8 is mandatory to drive a transport vehicle, but in many cases these rules are violated. This incident has made it clear that scams in road safety and use of fake documents can lead to a major tragedy.

Bus driver Miriyala Lakshmaiya arrested

The accident happened when Lakshmaiah, while driving his double-decker bus, hit the bike of a drunk biker, due to which the bus caught fire and 20 people lost their lives. Police have arrested the driver Miriyala Lakshmaiah and investigation into the matter is ongoing.

What is the entire incident of the bus accident?

Let us tell you that two people riding a bike met with an accident in Kurnool late night on Friday (October 24, 2025). Shiv Shankar died in this accident. The other driver, Erri Swami, parked the bike in the middle of the road and pulled Shiv Shankar’s body from the road, only then did he come to know that Shiv was dead.

Before he could remove the bike from the road, a speeding bus hit the bike and dragged it for some distance. During this time petrol started leaking from the bike and the bus along with the bike caught fire. 19 passengers were burnt alive in the accident, while others managed to escape through the emergency window.

Forensic investigation confirms that bike drivers were drunk

Kurnool Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Koya Praveen said that forensic investigation has confirmed that both the persons riding the motorcycle (Shiv Shankar and Ari Swamy) were drunk. Although the police already suspected 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.

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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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