With the city witnessing frequent road accidents due to potholes, the Bengaluru traffic police have arrested a civic engineer after a 21-year-old man lost his life in one such incident.
S Savita (34), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) assistant executive engineer, Mahadevpura zone, was arrested and released on bail Thursday.
According to the police, the accident took place on November 27 around 1.30pm, when Azeem Ahmed, a resident of Hesaraghatta who worked as a food delivery executive, was riding his gearless scooter from Thanisandra towards Hegde Nagar. He fell down after his vehicle was caught in a pothole, and was run over by truck allegedly being driven rashly.
