Suhail Sajeev
The court, on Monday, heard both sides and posted the case to Oct 28.
Police sources said Joyal, who had fled the scene immediately after the incident, sent the audio clip to one of his friends. Police sources said that they are tracing more witnesses to the incident. Kochi: Ernakulam rural police investigating the Nedumbassery crash, in which three youngsters were killed, have recovered an audio clip, containing crucial details about the accident, sent by one of the four accused to his friends. He can be heard in the audio clip saying that Suhail was heavily drunk and was driving at a very high speed when he knocked down the three youngsters. The audio clip also reveals that he called his father immediately. An eyewitness, an online cab driver, was traced from CCTV footage. He was parked near the accident site and was checking his mobile phone. The footage was recorded on a mobile phone by a friend travelling with him.
Police had earlier obtained visuals showing the prime accused, Suhail, driving the car at nearly 160kmph shortly before the accident. The visual is from nearly a minute before the collision and shows the speedometer crossing 140kmph and moving to nearly 160kmph. Police submitted digital evidence, including the audio clip, in Ernakulam additional district court to oppose the accused’s bail applications on Monday.
Angamaly magistrate court had on Oct 17 dismissed the bail pleas of all four accused. Suhail Sajeev, who allegedly drove the car under the influence of alcohol, and three co-passengers, Ninav, Ameen Sha and Joyal S, all aged 19 years, are the accused in the case.