Kochi (Kerala), Mar.5 : A public prosecutor appointed to prosecute the owner of the Hummer that killed a security guard has said that he will placing emphasis on the victim’s dying statement during the trial.
C.P. Udaybhanu told ANI, “Police have taken a statement of the deceased before he had succumbed. It is a question to be considered only during the trial.”
“I can only say whatever has to be said only after going through the case file, if I am appointed as a prosecutor, we will present the materials before the court.
Udaybhanu’s statement came six days after a senior police officer of Kerala was suspended for allegedly violating procedures and secretly meeting Muhammed Nisham-the businessman accused of ramming a security guard in Thrissur with his Hummer.
Superintendent of Police Jacob Job was posted as the Thrissur City Commissioner and he had conducted the initial investigation into the case. A departmental inquiry concluded that his meetings with Nisham could have led to lapses in investigation.
The guard, 47-year-old Chandrabose, worked at Sobha city, a posh residential township at Thrissur where Nisham lives.
On January 29, Nisham allegedly mowed him down with his Hummer car in a fit of rage for a delay in opening the gate.
The guard succumbed to injuries on February 16.
Nisham, owner of King Beedi Co, was allegedly in an inebriated state when he assaulted the man.
(ANI)
