Hyderabad: Shobha Nagi Reddy, the 46-year-old official spokesperson of the YSRC, was returning from Nandyal after attending a political rally with party leader Y.S. Sharmila. She was given first aid treatment in a private hospital and then rushed to Hyderabad early on Thursday morning. She was in the Intensive Care Unit of Care Hospital for more than four hours before doctors declared her dead at 11.05 am.
“We are sad to inform that Shobha Nagi Reddy, who was brought to Care Hospital on April 24 following a major road accident, is no more,” a medical bulletin issued by Care Hospital said.
The MLA’s vehicle, a Mitsubishi Outlander, was moving at high speed, and the driver lost control when he tried to slow down to evade the paddy husk.
“We suspect that the driver could not see the husk heap from a reasonable distance. When he applied the brakes suddenly, the tyres slipped and the vehicle toppled over several times to the road side farm land. The MLA’s head hit the roof of the car and she was then thrown down,” said Kurnool superintendent of police K. Raghuram Reddy.
The SP said that Shobha was not wearing a seat belt though she was sitting in the front seat. He added that the injuries of the two gunmen sitting in the back, and the driver, were less serious comparatively.
Passers-by informed emergency services and the police about the accident. The victims were shifted to a private hospital in Nandyal, and later to Care Hospital in Hyderabad at around 7 am on Thursday.
In keeping with her wi-shes, Shobha’s eyes were donated to the Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in the city. Her body was taken to Kurnool on Thursday afternoon. Sources said that her last rites will be performed at Allagadda on Friday.
Kurnool police said that a case has been registered against the car’s driver following a complaint received from one of the MLA’s gunmen. “We have booked a case against the driver under IPC Section 304 A for causing death due to negligence,” said the Kurnool SP.
Shobha Nagi Reddy is survived by her husband former Nandyal MP Bhuma Nagi Reddy, two daughters and a son.
