Just in: Kerala Hummer Case: Court gives Beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham a life sentence and Rs 71 lakh fine for te murder of security guard Chandrabose.

A Kerala court yesterday convicted beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, who had crushed to death a security guard with his luxury vehicle Hummer over delay in opening the gates of a posh residential complex in Thrissur on January 29 last year.

The prosecution on Wednesday argued for maximum punishment of death sentence and a compensation of Rs 5 crore to the family of the 51-year-old security guard Chandrabose.

Public Prosecutor C P Udayabhanu submitted that the "society wanted the maximum punishment meted out to the accused, who was a threat to the society".

Pic: Mohammed Nisham