Kochi : The High Court on Friday restored culpability for IAS officer Sriram Venkitraman in his killing of Mangalam journalist KM Basheer by crashing car onto bike in drunken driving.
Earlier, the Thiruvananthapuram First Class Additional Magistrate Court had dropped culpable homicide charges against Sriram following his plea to that effect.
The restoration of charges today came over government’s appeal seeking that Sriram be held culpable of homicide.
The Case: The case dates back to 3 August, 2019. Early at dawn that day, at 1 am, Sriram Venkitaraman, was drunk and driving Volkswagen car belonging to his woman friend Wafa Firoz - who was in the passenger seat at the time of crash. Speeding on high gear along Kowdiar stretch, in Thiruvananthapuram, Sriram hit Basheer’s bike in front of PSC office. Basheer suffered grievous injuries and died up on being brought to Medical College.
