A 30-year-old Amazon software engineer, identified as Ankush Mitra, reportedly lost his life in the early hours of November 30, when his bike hit a pothole on Channasandra Main Road in Bengaluru‘s Whitefield throwing him into a roadside concrete structure.
In a viral X post, the ‘Civic Opposition of India’ shared a resident’s account who shared that Mitra lost his life on the spot.
We just received this message from a Whitefield resident.
— Civic Opposition of India (@CivicOp_india) December 5, 2025
Another young life lost to Bengaluru potholes.
Last Sunday around 1.30 AM, an Amazon employee, Ankush Mitra, died in a road accident on Channasandra Main Road near Zudio / SBR One.
According to the resident who wrote to… pic.twitter.com/9fNvNbfo31
Mitra was an IIT Delhi alumnus
Mitra, an IIT Delhi and IIM Kozhikode alumnus, had worked at Amazon in Bengaluru for nearly seven years, according to his LinkedIn profile.
According to the Civic Opposition of India’s post, he had been living with his mother in the city. The woman had reportedly lost her husband just a year prior.
“Now she has lost her only son because a pothole on a city road was not fixed,” the post read.
Outrage over deadly roads
The viral post sparked fury over Bengaluru’s infrastructure woes.
In its post, the Civic Opposition of India sought governmental accountability for the repeated tragedies, writing, “Bengaluru roads are killing people. Families are being destroyed while authorities look away.”
A forum named ‘Citizen Matters’ also wrote, “Not another condolence tweet. Fix the roads,” tagging influencers like Nandan Nilekani and TV Mohandas Pai.
Whitefield Rising and others reposted, noting similar tragedies persist despite complaints. No official FIR details or BBMP response emerged, as per reports.
Previous accidents in Bengaluru
Recently, a Bengaluru resident, identified as Saurabh Pandey, was left with ₹6 lakh hospital bill and multiple fractures after he lost control of his two-wheeler because of a poorly constructed, unmarked speed breaker.
In a viral video that was shared by his friend online, Pandey spoke with visible pain, saying that “any road in Bengaluru, anyone, is full of potholes.” He added that he had severe injuries on his leg, hand, and arm.
“Tum apne road ke liye kuch karo (Please do something about the city’s roads. It is high time),” he added.
Bengaluru’s monsoon-ravaged roads have led to multiple fatalities in 2025, with over 300 km of roads damaged across 878 segments, Hindustan Times had reported.