A car showroom owner died after he rammed a Fortuner car into a railing and fell into a river in Bihar’s Purnea last evening.
The victim’s body was taken out after the crane recovered the four-wheeler from the river.
The victim has been identified as Bablu Biswas, a resident of Kochaili. He was the owner of a Renault showroom. Bablu’s body was taken out after the crane recovered the four-wheeler from the river. The victim’s body has now been sent to Purnea Medical College Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The case led to protests by the victim’s family in the area. The judge later filed a bail plea in Kerala High Court claiming he was unaware that his minor son had taken out the car. The court further questioned the cops on the need for further interrogation. “Why is his arrest required? He is a judicial officer. He will co-operate with the investigation,” the court observed.
The Purnea accident comes against the backdrop of an ongoing probe into the Kerala Mercedes crash where a judge’s 17-year-old son hit and killed a scooterist at Cheranalloor in Kochi. The judge stated that he went to bed at 1:28 am on Sunday after preparing for a judicial academy, and his son took away the car and sneaked out through the rear staircase without his knowledge.
His father, Additional District and Sessions Judge, who serves in a court in Irinjalakuda in Thrissur district of Kerala, was arraigned under Section 199A of the Motor Vehicles Act, which holds a juvenile’s guardian or the registered owner of the vehicle liable for an offence committed by the minor under the Act, police said. the Kerala High Court said: “What was the need to interrogate him for four hours and now for further interrogation While granting bail to the judge.
