*Car accident: Senior Karnataka IAS officer Mahantesh Bilagi, including three others, dies!* *Mahantesh Bilagi is a 2012 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer*

*Car accident: Senior Karnataka IAS officer Mahantesh Bilagi, including three others, dies!*

*Mahantesh Bilagi is a 2012 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer*

Previously, Senior ISS officer Mahantesh Bilagi, Managing Director (MD) of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM), met with a car accident. While going from Vijayapura to Kalaburagi, the Innova car met with an accident, killing five people in the car, including Mahantesh Bilagi. The accident took place at Jegi police station.

Senior IAS officer Mahantesh Bilagi, Managing Director of Karnataka State Minerals Corporation (IAS officer Mahantesh Bilagi), met with a car accident, killing three people, including Mahantesh Bilagi. Mahantesh’s brothers Shankar Bilagi and Iranna Shirsangi are deceased. The accident occurred at Gounalli Cross in Jewargi taluk while the couple was travelling from Vijayapura to Kalaburagi for a wedding function.

Today (November 25), the accident occurred near Gounalli Cross in Jewargi taluk of Kalaburagi district while the couple was travelling from Vijayapura to Kalaburagi. The driver lost control of the Innova car, bearing number KA 04, NC 7982, while trying to save a dog that suddenly came across the road, and it overturned.

Brothers Shankar Bilagi and Iranna Shirsangi died on the spot, while IES officer Mahantesh Bilagi breathed his last at a private hospital in Kalaburagi. As soon as the news of Mahantesh Bilagi’s death came to light, officials including IGP Shantanu Sinha and Kalaburagi District Collector rushed to the hospital.

Mahantesh Bilagi, born on 27 March 1974, is a 2012 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre and is currently the Managing Director of Karnataka State Minerals Corporation.

Mahantesh Bilagi was also the MD of BESCOM. He has worked in various parts of Karnataka including Davangere and Udupi.