Thiruvananthapuram: Journalist K Muhammad Basheer, 35, was killed in a road accident in Thiruvananthapuram late last night when a car driven allegedly by an IAS officer Sriram Venkitraman rammed into his motorcycle, killing him on the spot. Sriram was also admitted in a private hospital with injuries.
Basheer was the Thiruvananthapuram bureau chief of Malayalam daily Siraj. The incident took place at around 1 am in the heart of the city, the police said.
According to the eyewitness, the over speeding car was being driven by Sriram Venkatraman, 2012 batch IAS officer and Director of Survey and Land Records along with a lady passenger.
“There were conflicting statements. We have now confirmed from independent witnesses that Sreeram Venkitaraman was driving the vehicle,” Thiruvananthapuram police chief Dhinendra Kashyap told news agency PTI.
The police were reluctant to collect the blood samples of Sriram initially. After about ten hours the police collected the blood samples.
Cases of rash driving and “punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder” have been registered.
