Kerala Hummer case: Businessman convicted for running over guard

Quantum of punishment will be pronounced tomorrow.

Thiruvananthapuram

: Multi-millionaire business tycoon, Mohammed Nisham, from Kerala was convicted on Wednesday for driving his Hummer into a security guard in a fit of rage in January 2015.

Quantum of punishment will be pronounced tomorrow.

Mohammed Nisham, called ‘the beedi king’ of Kerala, was charged with inflicting fatal injuries to the victim Chandrabose on January 29 by intentionally ramming his Hummer into him.

Nisham was drunk, and enraged because of the delay in opening the gate of the township when he reached there at 3.30 a.m. after a party.

Infuriated with the delay, the businessmen reportedly drove his SUV into the guard, pinning him into the wall, then got out of the car to beat him up.

Chandrabose, the security guard, succumbed to the injuries he sustained in the incident.

Nissam is managing director of Tirunelveli-based King Beedi Co. He has also hotel and jewellery businesses in the Middle East. His cars include Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Road Ranger, Ferrari and Jaguar. Earlier, Nissam had been booked in several cases. In April 2013, he had allowed his nine-year-old son to drive a Ferrari in their residential complex in Thrissur, leading to a police case.

Later in the same year, during a police check, he allegedly locked a woman sub-inspector inside his brand new Rolls Royce, which he was driving under the influence of alcohol.