Pramesh S Jain
Ricky Rai appears before police in Lamborghini Drifting Case:
Ricky Rai,son of former underworlkd operative Muthappa Rai appeared before the Cubbon Park Traffic Police Station on Tuesday in connection with the alleged luxury car drifting case.
Earlier,police had issued a notice directing him to appear for questioning and had also towed the Lamborghini car from his residence in Sadashivanagar as part of the investigation.
Ricky Rai later approached the court,and the 5th ACMM Court granted him bail in the case.
Speaking on behalf of the accused,his counsel G. Narayanaswamy stated that the incident occurred a day after Rai returned to India.He claimed that the vehicle had developed a brake issue,which led to the situation being misinterpreted as drifting.
He further said Firstly,there was no nuisance,that day, there were no people on the road.The car was given for service,and the driver collected it.
Many claimed Ricky Rai was driving, but that is wrong, he wasn’t driving the driver was.I request you all not to say Ricky was driving.I won’t deny he was in the car,but this was not done intentionally,”he said.
Narayanaswamy claimed the car skidded and that the driver was talented enough to bring the car under control.
“When he applied the brakes,the car skidded because the road was newly paved.There’s nothing big in this. The driver immediately regained control of the car.It happened accidentally,”he said“The driver was behind the wheel.
Rai visited the police station to submit required documents and seek the release of the seized vehicle. After the completion of the inquiry, police released him and escorted him out through a rear exit,reportedly to avoid media interaction.
Further investigation into the case is ongoing.
