Bus driver sentenced to five years jail in 2015 accident case

The Additional District and Sessions Court astatine Manjeri sentenced a mini autobus operator to 5 years of imprisonment and imposed a good of ₹27,500 for causing a fatal mishap astatine Ayikkarapadi adjacent Kondotty that claimed 5 lives a decennary ago.

The accused, Shameer Kanjirandi, 43, from Peravoor, was recovered blameworthy of speeding and negligent driving. The tribunal held that the clang resulted from excessive velocity and reckless behaviour down the wheel.