Woman politician from Kerala dies in road accident in UAE

A 40-year-old Indian woman politician died in a tragic accident after falling from a moving car and hitting her head on a lamppost in Sharjah, a media report said on Thursday.

Sunitha Prashanth, who hails from Kerala's Kasaragod district, died on the spot on Tuesday, Khaleej Times reported.

Sunitha, who had been working as a beautician in a salon in Sharjah for the last five years, was a councillor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kasaragod municipality and was a candidate in the Uduma constituency during the state assembly polls in 2011, 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, Ganesh said.

"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 lamppost and died on the spot," the report said, quoting sources as saying.

The 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 woman 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.