Minor riding bike dies, dad booked for negligence in Chennai

CHENNAI: The Pondy Bazaar traffic investigation wing police have registered a case against a man for his negligence by allowing his son, who succumbed at the hospital on December 23, to ride his bike at KK Nagar. The boy identified as 16-year-old Hariharan, a Class 12 student and a resident of Nesapakkam near KK Nagar, met with an accident after he hit another bike which came from the opposite direction on Ramapuram-Poonamallee road on December 18. Hariharan fell off the vehicle and suffered severe head injury.The onlookers rescued Hariharan and rushed him him to a private hospital. He was referred to a government hospital where he succumbed without responding to the treatment on Thursday. The Pondy Bazaar traffic investigation wing police have registered a case under Section 304 (A) (death caused due to negligence) of IPC. After Hariharan died in the accident, the cops altered the Sections and booked a fresh case against Hariharan’s father Ramakrishnan for allowing his minor son to ride his bike without a driving licence.