Thiruvananthapuram : Sriram Venkataraman IAS filed discharge petition seeking to quash charges of involuntary manslaughter in his drunken driving case that killed journalist KM Basheer. There is no proof to driving drunk at the time of accident and the case must be made as to routine traffic accident, the officer states in his argument.
KM Basheer was killed in the dawn hours of 3 August 2019 when Sriram, in inebriated state with his lady friend Wafa Firoz, was driving her Volkswagen car through Kowdiar stretch. The overspeeding vehicle eventually hit Basheer’s bike injuring him critically and leading to his death in the medical college hospital later.
