A Suzuki GSX-R1000 sports bike he was riding on the outer ring road, where riding two-wheelers is banned, skidded and crashed near the tollgate at Poppalguda.

Ayazuddin responded to resuscitation and was later operated on to stop the bleeding in his chest. His kidneys were also damaged.

Rahman, who was riding pillion, died while undergoing treatment. He was the son of Azharuddin’s sister and the grandson of former Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh Khaleel-ur-Rahman.

Witnesses told the police the rider was racing at a very high speed on the elevated outer ring road and lost control of the bike.

Commuters on the route alerted the police and a patrol vehicle from a nearby police station arrived soon. The police team failed to get an ambulance and had to take the profusely bleeding cousins in their patrol vehicle to the hospital, losing an hour in the process.