Secunderabad Cantonment MLA Lasya Nanditha passed away in a road accident on Friday, February 23. She was 36. The accident took place on the Outer Ring Road near Patancheru in Hyderabad. The SUV in which she was travelling lost control and crashed into a side rail. While the BRS legislator died on the spot, the driver is said to have suffered critical injuries. He was rushed to a nearby hospital.
While police are yet to give more details about the incident, it is suspected that the car was travelling at a high speed and lost control in the process. A few days ago, Nanditha was involved in another car accident in which a home guard died. K Kishore, a home guard from Narketpally police station, was run over by Nanditha’s car at Marrigadda. According to reports, the home guard was hit by another car, causing him to fall under the legislator’s car.
In the recently held Assembly elections, Lasya contested from the Secunderabad Cantonment constituency. She was offered the ticket after her father G Sayanna passed away last year. Sayanna was a popular Dalit leader.
Lasya won the election by defeating BJP candidate N Sriganesh with a majority of 17,169 votes.
Before being elected as the MLA, she served as a corporator in the Kavadiguda ward.