Video Shows Rajasthan Lawmaker's Son Drinking Before His BMW Ran Over 3

Jaipur: In CCTV footage from Jaipur, three young men are seen drinking at a bar. The time is after midnight on July 2.

They had allegedly been bar-hopping since 6.15 pm. Among them is Siddharth Maharia, son of Rajasthan legislator Nand Kishore Maharia. In footage from a hotel later that night, Siddharth and his friends are spotted getting into a car. The politician's son is clearly seen taking the driver's seat.

Less than two hours later, the car, a BMW, careened down a road at breakneck speed and rammed an auto-rickshaw, killing three persons on the spot.

The police say the video strengthens their case against Siddharth; the 20-year-old has claimed that his driver was behind the wheel and has denied that he was drinking at all.

Piecing together CCTV video clips, the police are trying to build their case.Footage shows Siddharth Maharia getting into driver's side of his BMW

Witnesses say the auto-rickshaw was flung around 200 feet in the air. The BMW next collided with a parked police van, wounding five others - including four policemen.

Siddharth Maharia was arrested for reckless and drunk driving. "He was driving at least at 100 km an hour," said Rajju, one of the four policemen who were injured.

According to the police, Siddharth's breathalyzer test showed he had alcohol five times over permissible levels for driving.

The politician's son had said at the time: "The whole thing happened because of the rain and there were no lights on the road. The auto was crossing the road at a great speed."

The mangled chassis of the BMW and the airbags suggested a more powerful impact and raised questions on Siddharth's account.

Siddharth's father is an independent legislator from Sikar. He has hired a high-profile lawyer to defend his son.