Drunk drivers are terrorists: Hyderabad top cop after Andhra bus tragedy

Two days after a devastating bus fire in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, claimed 20 lives, Hyderabad PoliceHyderabad PoliceHyderabad Police Commissioner V. S. Sajjanar issued a strongly worded statement, declaring that “drunk drivers are terrorists” and warning that such offenders would face no mercy for endangering innocent lives.

Sajjanar’s remarks came after a Hyderabad-Bengaluru private sleeper bus collided with a motorcycle that had earlier been involved in another accident. The crash killed the motorcyclist, Shiva Shankar, and 19 passengers aboard the bus. The Commissioner stated that the biker was intoxicated at the time and had caused the collision.

Describing such behaviour as “acts of terror on the roads” and a “criminal act of negligence”, Sajjanar wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Drunk drivers are terrorists. Period. Drunk drivers are terrorists, and their actions are nothing short of acts of terror on our roads. The horrific Kurnool bus accident, which claimed the lives of 20 innocent people, was not an accident in the truest sense.