{
  "id": 486525,
  "title": "K.M. Basheer hit-and-run case: witnesses give crucial testimony in court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/k-m-basheer-hit-and-run-case-witnesses-give-crucial-testimony-in-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T17:08:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/km-basheer-hit-and-run-case-witnesses-give-crucial-testimony-in-court/article71329334.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two witnesses in the K.M. Basheer hit-and-run case provided crucial testimony during trial proceedings on Monday. The 10th witness, IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman's friend Dr. Raj from Parottukonam, testified that he arrived at the accident scene and later observed that Venkitaraman's blood-stained clothes were transferred to the civil service officers' quarters at Kowdiar. The 11th witness, Athul Vijayakumar from Kudappanakunnu, stated that he was the individual who retrieved the blood-stained shirt and blue jeans held at the quarters on August 4, 2019, and delivered them to the police. However, when questioned by the defense, both witnesses admitted they were unsure whether the clothes handed over to the police were the exact same items displayed in court. The trial is set to resume on Tuesday.",
  "summary": "Two friends of the accused, IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman, Anish Raj and Athul Vijayakumar, were examined as the 10th and 11th witnesses at the Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Court IV",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}