CET accident: Court grants bail for first accused

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court Wednesday granted bail to Baiju K Balakrishnan (21), first accused in the case in connection with the death of a girl at the College of Engineering (CET) in the capital city. The accident happened on August 19 during Onam celebrations held in the college.

The girl has been identified as Thesni Basheer, a fifth semester civil engineering student from Nilambur in Malappuram, of the College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET) in Thiruvananthapuram. She was run over by the jeep driven by Baiju during a procession taken out as part of the Onam celebrations organised by the men’s hostel union at CET.

Baiju who surrendered later admitted to have driven the jeep but said the accident was nota deliberate act.

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