Thrissur: Kerala beedi baron Mohammed Nisham, who in a fit of rage rammed his luxury car Hummer against a security guard killing him last year, was Wednesday found guilty by a court here.
Delivering his order convicting Nisham of murder in a packed court hall, First Additional District and Sessions Judge K P Sudheer said he would pronounce the quantum of punishment Thursday.
Nisham had rammed his Hummer against security guard Chandrabose (51), after brutally beating him up as he was reportedly angry over the delay in opening the main gates of the posh residential complex ‘Shobha City’ here early January 29 last year.
The case had evoked widespread protests across the state. Chandrabose’s mother and wife Jamanthi, who were present in the court to hear the verdict, said the convict should get death penalty.
“I have lost my son. My daugther in-law has lost her husband,” his mother said with tears rolling down her aged cheeks. The prosecution pressed for maximum punishment of death sentence and a compensation of `5 crore to the family of the security guard.
Public Prosecutor C P Udayabhanu submitted that the “society wanted the maximum punishment meted out to the accused, who is a threat to the society”. Nisham, who was in an “inebriated” state, in a fit of rage assaulted Chandrabose and later rammed his luxury vehicle against him. The severely injured guard died February 16.
Though Nisham’s wife Amal was a witness to the incident, she had later turned hostile. PTI