Bengaluru cop dies in bike crash

A constable attached with the Bellandur police station died after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a tree at Chikka Bellandur near Whitefield on Wednesday night.

The victim is Somalingappa Mali (32), a resident of Varthur and native of Vijayapura district.

Mali was on his way to the Whitefield police station around 9.30 pm when he lost control of the vehicle. He hit a roadside tree at a curve and sustained severe injuries. A passerby who witnessed the accident alerted the nearby Varthur police. But by the time they reached the spot, Mali had died, the police said.

“We have taken up a case and further probe is on. His body has been handed over to his family after an autopsy on Thursday morning,” an investigating officer said.