THRISSUR:The chargesheet against business tycoon Muhammed Nisham, the accused in security guard Chandrabose Murder Case, was submitted before Judicial First Class Magistrate Court at Kunnamkulam on Saturday. Peramangalam CI P C Biju Kumar, the chief investigating officer in the case, submitted the charge sheet before the Judge T K Anirudhan at 11 am. The 1,500-page chargesheet consists of 124 documents, including forensic reports, postmortem examination report and medical case sheets, among other details.
The statements of 111 witnesses, including 12 eyewitnesses, have also been incorporated in the chargesheet. Nisham s wife Amal is the 11th witness and Chandrabose s wife Jamanthi is the 12th witness. In the chargesheet, police said that Nisham had previous enmity with Chandrabose over the issue of letting vehicles into the apartment during night hours and that led to the murder.
Guard s Murder: Case Records to be Filed in Sessions Court Thrissur: Nisham reportedly suffered minor injuries when he broke the security guard s cabin to catch hold of him. According to Robson Paul, who assisted Special Public Prosecutor C P Udayabhanu in preparing the chargesheet, the prosecution has presented the details of the assault in three different scenes. The first is the cabin episode when the accused attacked Chandrabose near the security guard s cabin at Sobha City in Puzhakkal, and then the assault on the guard near the fountain of the apartment and finally the attack on him at the parking lot, said Robson.
He also said that in all these scenes there were eyewitnesses and that the statements of all crucial witnesses had been recorded as per CrPC 164 to prevent them from contradicting their statements during trial.Besides IPC 302 (murder), Sections 323, 324, 326,294(b),506(i) have also been slapped on Nisham, who is lodged in the Kannur Central Prison after police slapped Kerala Anti-social Activities (Prevention) Act or KAAPA on him. On April 7, when Nisham will be presented in the court for the extension of his judicial custody, he will be handed over a copy of the chargesheet. All the documents regarding the case will be forwarded to the Sessions Court in Thrissur where the trial will be held.
The chargesheet was submitted before the Kunnamkulam court as the FIR was lodged here, when Chandrabose was undergoing treatment at a hospital. In the wee hours of January 29, a drunk Nisham rammed his SUV into the security guard. He then assaulted the guard for nearly half-an-hour.
Eighteen days later, the guard succumbed to the injuries.
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