Vetri Duraisamy (45) is the son of former Chennai mayor Saithai Duraisamy. He had gone on a trip to Himachal Pradesh a few days ago with his friend Gopinath to see the location for his upcoming movie.
On the evening of February 4, after eating at the hotel, Vetri and Gopinath took a local car and went to Shimla with the driver, Tenzin. Then, the driver suddenly suffered a heart attack when the car was going to the Kasang Nala area.
As a result, the car lost control, overturned into a 200-foot ditch, and fell into the Sutlej River. After the information, the police rescued the car that had fallen into the river by tying a rope. Tenzin's body was recovered from it. Gopinath was also rescued alive with injuries on the river bank.