THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the car accident that killed media person K M Basheer on Saturday morning, the police have got a decisive statement from the woman who was travelling with Survery director Sriram Venkitaraman in the killer car. She told the police that it was the Sriram himself who was driving the car.

The police later confirmed this after recording his co-traveller and woman friend Vafa Feroz’s statement. The DCP will soon question Sriram on the basis of the woman’s statement. The police have reached the KIMS hospital where the IAS officer is taking treatment and taken his blood sample. Earlier, Sriram had given the statement that the woman, who was travelling with him, was driving the car at the time of the accident.

City police commissioner Sanjay Kumar Gurudin told media that initially Sriram had not allowed the police to take the blood sample. But it would be enough if the blood sample was taken within 12 hours from the time of the accident.

Sriram Venkitaraman was first shifted to General hospital, where he was referred to Medical College but he went on his own to KIMS hospital.