Bhubaneswar: The police have arrested a youth on charges of crashing his car into several two-wheelers and other vehicles on Bhubaneswar-Puri National Highway (NH-316) near the Odisha capital on Monday.

The accused has been identified as Soumya Ranjan Rath, the son of a city-based realtor.  

As per reports, Rath allegedly drove his car on the wrong side and hit at least seven two-wheelers and a few other vehicles on NH-316 in the morning.

Rath was in an inebriated state while crashing his car into other vehicles on the NH, reports said.

The cops arrested Rath after registering a case against him under Section 109 (attempt to murder) of the BNS.

The police also revealed that Rath was involved in a road mishap in Shastri Nagar area of the capital city in July this year.

Rath had allegedly crashed his father’s luxury car into a motorcycle at Shastri Nagar on July 14.

The biker, identified as Debiprasad Routray (37) of Tirtol area in Jagatsinghpur, died on the spot.

The police had then arrested Rath, a law student, after they found that he was driving the vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

He had been booked under various Sections of the BNS and Motor Vehicles Act, including drunk and rash driving, culpable homicide not amounting to murder and causing death by negligence.