Excise register case against Suhail Sajeev in Mini Cooper accident case

KOCHI: The excise department have registered a case against Suhail Sajeev, the accused in the Mini Cooper accident claiming the lives of three. The Aluva excise range registered the case for the offence of consuming liquor before turning 23. The excise officials will be grilling Suhail.

The excise have already registered a case against the bar hotels in Vyttila, Palarivattom and Nedumbassery for serving liquor to the accused below 23. Out of the three, two are five-star hotels. The Ernakulam deputy commissioner had submitted a report to the excise commissioner seeking to revoke the bar license.

The police had found that the accused Sajeev consumed liquor from three bars on the day of the accident. He last reached Hotel Mariott in Nedumbassery. The four-member team started drinking from 11.30 pm and the accident happened when leaving from here at 1.30 pm.

The accident happened Sunday morning at 1.40 am near the Suvarnodhyanam Biological Park in Nedumbassery. The three dead are Devika of Kalpetta in Wayanad, Gopika of Mannarkad in Palakkad and Iyyas of Coorg in Karnataka.