Kerala politician falls off moving car in Sharjah, dies on spot

Sunitha Prashanth, 40, a former BJP councillor who hails from Kasaragod, died after a car accident in Sharjah
Sunitha was travelling on the Dhaid Road in Sharjah when the car's door opened and she fell out of the car
She had been working as a beautician in a salon in Sharjah for the last five years

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A Kerala woman politician died in a tragic accident in Sharjah after falling from a moving car and hitting her head on a lamp post.

Sunitha Prashanth, 40, a former BJP councillor who hails from Kasaragod, died on the spot after the accident on Tuesday, according to Khaleej Times.

Sunitha had been working as a beautician in a salon in Sharjah for the last five years, said Ganesh Aramanganam, president of Indian People's Forum in Sharjah. She lived along with other colleagues in an apartment in the same building housing the salon.

"On Tuesday, as there was pesticide sprayed in their flat, they were advised to stay away for some three hours. So the owner of the salon took all the staff in her car on a trip. As they were travelling on Dhaid Road, the car's door opened and Sunitha fell out of the car. Unfortunately, her head hit on a lamp post and died on the spot," the report quoted sources as saying.

As the female owner of the salon, who was driving the car, looked back to see what happened, the vehicle swerved off the road and crashed into the divider, injuring all others in the car, Ganesh said. The owner of the salon has been detained by the police, Ganesh said, adding that Sunitha's body is in the morgue of Dhaid Hospital. "Her head was totally smashed up on impact," he added.

Sunitha was very active in Kerala politics and chose to come to the UAE five years ago due to her family's financial issues after she got the job offer through a friend. In Sharjah, she used to attend the meetings of the Indian People's Forum. She is survived by husband and two children.

"Her husband was in Kerala, but came here on a three-month visit last month. He was staying in a room in Bur Dubai," Ganesh said. The body will be repatriated to her hometown once the legal formalities are over, he added.

Sunitha was a BJP councillor in a municipality in Kasaragod and was also a candidate in the Uduma constituency during the state Assembly polls in 2011.

(With agency inputs)

Last Updated Mar 31, 2018, 6:55 PM IST