THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sriram Venkitaraman was a welcome person among the public. He was the chief guest for a traffic awareness class organized by Oxford College in Pathanamthitta and Amrita Vidyalam. Sriram took a class on traffic rules for students that day. He also shared life incidents with students.

Sriram also distributed awards to students as part of a competition. The same Sriram Venkitaraman violated traffic rules which ended up fatal for a media person.

Accident was in front of the public office near Museum Police Station.

The onlookers said the over-speeding car was driven by Sriram Venkitaraman and he was drunk. Wafa Firoz, the woman who was with Sriram, also gave a statement that the IAS officer was drunk.