The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Sriram Venkitaraman got exemptions that even P.T. Chacko did not get: Muraleedharan
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The Hindu Bureau
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Minister K. Muraleedharan criticized the handling of a 2019 drunk-driving case involving IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman, which resulted in the death of journalist K.M. Basheer. The Minister argued that the officer received undue exemptions compared to historical political precedents.
Sriram Venkitaraman, the IAS officer who is an accused in the death of journalist K.M. Basheer in a drunk-driving-related road accident in 2019, got exemptions that even P.T. Chacko, a Kerala Minister over six decades ago, did not get, Minister for Health K. Muraleedharan has said.
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