Hyderabad: A 15-year-old teenager was killed when Telangana minister Indrakaran Reddy's car mowed him down near Nirmal town, about 200 km from here on Saturday, police said.


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Indirakaran Reddy, the Endowments Minister, says he was not in the vehicle when the incident took place. 


The driver was going to a temple to pick up the Minister's family when the car knocked down the teenager, riding a motorcycle.


The car, being driven at a high speed, hit the bike from rear side and dragged the boy to a few feet before coming to halt.


A profusely bleeding Satwik, a student of class 9, was rushed to a hospital in Nizamabad, where he succumbed to his injuries soon after.


Following a protest by the victim's relatives demanding justice, police booked a case against the driver and arrested him.