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The lad of erstwhile Union Minister and incumbent BJP MLA Renuka Singh has been booked successful a hit-and-run lawsuit aft helium allegedly deed a biker leaving him critically injured successful Chhattisgarh’s superior Raipur connected Monday (January 5, 2026).
A constabulary serviceman confirmed that the accused Balwant Singh alias Lucky, 34, has been booked for rash and negligent driving and endangering quality life.
The incidental took spot astir 1 a.m. erstwhile Balwant, who was driving his friend’s SUV, deed the victim, Tribhuvan Thakur, 34, a disc jockey. Balwant was travelling with 3 of his friends.
As soon arsenic the motorbike was deed by the car, Thakur fell from it and was dragged on with the car for a fewer metres. Balwant allegedly tried to thrust distant but ended up hitting a roadworthy divider.
“The unfortunate has suffered grievous injuries connected his head, ribs, legs and back. He is successful a captious condition. An FIR has been registered against Balwant Singh nether Sections 125(a) [act endangering idiosyncratic information of others] and 281 [rash and negligent driving] of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita [BNS]. We volition research much sections arsenic and erstwhile the unfortunate recovers,” said an serviceman from Telibandha Police Station wherever the lawsuit was registered.
Balwant’s parent Ms. Renuka Singh was a Union Minister for Tribal affairs (2019-2023) and is the sitting MLA from Bharatpur-Sonhat constituency belonging to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party successful Chhattisgarh.
