Before Arjun Reddy debut, Vikram's son booked after car badly injures 1 in accident

Chennai: Tamil film actor Vikram's son Dhruv was arrested after a car allegedly driven by him rammed into a parked autorickshaw here, injuring its driver, early on Sunday, police said.

He was released on bail later, police said.

A case had been registered for rash, negligent driving and causing hurt by act endangering life of others.

The incident took place on the TTK Road at around 3.50 am. Auto driver Kamesh had been admitted to the Government Royapettah Hospital, city Traffic Police said.

The autoricksaw had been damaged severely, a police official told PTI.

When asked how the accident occurred, Police said further investigations were on.

Murmurs of drunk driving being the cause of the mishap started doing the rounds, but Vikram’s team refuted the rumours.

“While returning from a friend’s house on early Sunday morning, Dhruv’s car crashed into autorickshaws. One person was injured in the accident and he was immediately rushed to the hospital. He was treated for his injuries and later discharged. We would like to clarify that the accident happened only due to lack of attention behind the wheels and no other reason,” statement from Vikram’s manager Suryanarayanan read.