# Rajamahendravaram court grants police custody of hit-and-run accused 2026-08-19T14:55:46+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A Rajamahendravaram court on Wednesday granted two-day police custody of Suravarapu Daswanth and Andrew Joseph Edwards, the accused in a hit-and-run incident that killed Dr Kanike Priyanka, a first-year postgraduate student at GSL Medical College. The two suspects were sent to judicial custody on August 7 and were to remain at Rajahmundry Central Prison till August 21. The court allowed police custody starting Wednesday, with ASP and Investigation Officer Patil Devaraj Manish to lead the probe, East Godavari Superintendent of Police D. Narasimha Kishore said. On August 3, the accused allegedly, while inebriated, hit the two-wheeler Priyanka was riding pillion on with a car at a mall in Rajamahendravaram, hitting her twice and running her over. She was declared brain dead that day and later died on August 7 at a hospital in Secunderabad. A case has been registered under Section 105 of BNS for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The case, involving a medical student's death, has drawn attention to road safety and accountability for drunk driving. The BNS Section 105 charge, which carries up to 10 years imprisonment, falls short of murder but signals the prosecution's view that intent was not premeditated. Police custody will allow investigators to reconstruct the sequence of events and gather forensic evidence. The next hearing will likely see the accused returned to judicial custody after the two-day remand ends. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Straightforward report on court decision with police statement, no editorial slant. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: GSL Medical College, Kanike Priyanka, Rajamahendravaram court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rajamahendravaram-court-grants-police-custody-of-hit-and-run-accused/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rajamahendravaram-court-grants-police-custody-of-hit-and-run-accused/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/