Hyderabad: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Mahila Morcha president Vanam Jhansi Rani was killed in a road mishap which occurred near Kadthal village under Amangal mandal in Mahabubnagar district on Saturday.
According to Amangal Sub-Inspector G Venkat, Ms. Jhansi Rani was on her way to Hyderabad from Achampet at around 8:30 AM when the car in which she was travelling collided head-on with a Toyota Innova (AP 9J 2557) coming from the opposite direction.
The impact of the accident left Ms. Jhansi Rani with serious injuries to her head. One of her co-passengers was also left serious injured while another of the car’s occupants received minor injuries.
Following the accident, Ms. Jhansi Rani was rushed to the DRDL Apollo Hospital at Malakpet where she succumbed to severe head injuries, the police added.
Sub-Inspector Venkat said that car driver Srikanth and party activist Ballu were the other occupants of the car. They are presently being treated for their injuries at the Apollo Hospital.
Ms. Jhansi Rani was an active and vociferous member of the BJP, rising up from the ABVP ranks to reach the post of party Mahila Morcha president. She was an active participant of the party’s Political JAC Steering Committee formed to give impetus to the separate Telangana agitation.
Her body was shifted to Osmania General Hospital for post-mortem and then from there to party headquarters at Nampally for party workers to pay their last respects.
Ms. Jhansi Rani was 42 and leaves behind two sons.
According to BJP sources, her last rites would be performed at Achampet later on Saturday evening.
Many senior BJP leaders expressed shock at the death of their party leader.
Senior leaders like M Venkaiah Naidu, G Kishen Reddy, Ch Vidyasagar Rao, Indrasen Reddy, Baddam Bal Reddy, Bandaru Dattatreya and others described her death as ‘shocking’ and ‘an irreparable loss.’
The Amangal police said that a case has been registered against the Innova car driver Madhusudhan for rash and negligent driving. Further investigations are on, he said.
