Akhil is a teetotaler and hates boozing, according to his father.
However, on a pre-Christmas event, the budding racer had a glass of wine
which landed him in the hands of traffic police. Akhil Khushlani appeared in court on Wednesday and paid a fine of
Rs2,000 for drunk driving. He then took away his BMW car was seized by
Marredpally police. The young racer had missed his scheduled court date
on Monday. "Akhil is a teetotaler. He never indulges in pubbing or partying. He
just had a glass of wine along with his friends and was caught for
drunken driving,'' Dinesh Khushlani, his father told Express. He also
raised some doubts on breath analysers, the instruments used by traffic
police to check drivers for alcohol content in their body. "I don't know
how these machines are functioning. Though Akhil just had a single peg
of wine, the analyser showed he was drunk," he said. R Kalinga Rao,
traffic inspector, Maredpally said Akhil appeared before the court and
paid Rs2,000 fine. "He later paid his challan and took back his seized
BMW car," he added.
Akhil has won fifth place at the World Karting Championships- 2005 at
Langkawi in Malaysia and became the first Asian to do so in any motor
sport contest. He has also participated in the Rotax Max Challenge 2006,
the national championship as a senior and test-driven in Formula BMW
Asia in Malaysia and Indonesia.
By Mouli Mareedu
moulimareedu@gmail.com
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