Former State minister for food and cooperation Sellur K Raju Son The 27-year-old son of died early on Monday of injuries sustained earlier in a road accident on NSC Bose Road. Around 11.50pm on Sunday, police said, R Tamizhmani was riding his Enfield bike (TN-59 AU 9555) to Broadway from Parry’s Corner when the vehicle hit a speed breaker on NSC Bose Road.
Grandparents: K. Ochammal, Kamatchi Thevar
Political: AIADMK party
Son Name: R Tamizhmani
Parents: Sellur K. Raju, R. Jayanthi
He was not wearing a helmet and suffered severe injuries to the head. He was also injured in the chest,” said a traffic official.
Alerted of the incident by a few shop-keepers in the area, police rushed to the spot and took him to the Government General Hospital from where he was shifted to a private hospital.
He was admitted at the hospital around 1.30am and was put on a ventilator. He died without responding to the treatment around 2.20am. After a post-mortem at Government General Hospital his body was taken to Madurai, his home town, police said.
The Elephant Gate traffic investigation police who initially registered a case under IPC section 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) later altered the section to 304 A (causing death by negligence).
Tamizhmani, the only son of Sellur K Raju, completed his diploma in yoga and was teaching yoga, police sources said. Tamzhilmani was living with his father, mother and two sisters at the ministers’ quarters on Greenways Road, Chennai.