Mini Cooper crash: Suhail Sajeev, friend Ninav shifted to Kakkanad borstal school

KOCHI: Suhail Sajeev and his friend Ninav, arrested in connection with the Nedumbassery car crash that killed three people, have been shifted to the borstal school at Kakkanad. Suhail was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days after being produced before the Aluva magistrate on Monday. He was subsequently shifted to the borstal school. Officials said both men are 19 years old and that the move was made in accordance with prison rules.

Prisons DGP S. Sreejith said the two were shifted to the borstal school within the prison premises, taking into account their age and the applicable law. He said persons aged between 18 and 21 who are arrested are housed in the borstal school rather than in regular prison cells.

Suhail admitted to police that he had been driving at excessive speed. According to his statement, he was driving at 120 kmph along Airport Road and was under the influence of alcohol at the time. An expert examination will be conducted to determine the car's speed at the time of the crash.

The accident occurred near Nedumbassery airport when a Mini Cooper car rammed into a scooter carrying three people. The deceased were Devika, alias Kuku, 21, daughter of Santhosh, a writer at Kalyana Mandiram Estate in Madakkimala, Kalpetta, Wayanad; Gopika, 22, daughter of auto-rickshaw driver M. R. Pradeep Kumar of Mullankuzhi House in Nellad, Edakurissi, Mannarkkad, Palakkad; and Iyas, 21, son of Ibrahim of Kanakamanjal House in Kodagu, Karnataka.

Suhail Sajeev, who lives at Gold Tower in Kakkanad, is the son of Sajeev of Jamal Manzil, Alissery, Alappuzha, and Nuha of Punchapadam. Sajeev is the chairman of the clothing firm Iha Designs, while Nuha is its managing director. Suhail is a B.Com student at Rajagiri College in Kakkanad.
Ninav, who was travelling in the car, is the second accused in the case. A case has also been registered against Ninav's friends, Ameer and Joel, charging them with abetment.