Suraj Venjaramoodu (file)
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Actor Suraj Venjaramoodu is at risk of dropping his eligibility to drive for 3 months with the Kerala Motor Autos division (MVD) going forward with a call to droop his driving licence after the actor allegedly failed to reply to three notices issued to him in reference to an accident involving a automobile pushed by him in Kochi metropolis final yr. A motorcyclist, recognized as Sarath of Manjeri, had sustained a fracture after being allegedly knocked down by the actor’s automobile alongside the Thammanam-Karanakkodam Highway throughout the Palarivattom police station limits on the evening of June 29, 2023. The police had registered a case in opposition to the actor below Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 279 (rash driving or driving on a public method) and 338 (inflicting grievous harm by act endangering life or private security of others).Based mostly on the FIR, the MVD had initially served a discover directly after which adopted it up with two extra notices by registered publish. Whereas one had gone unclaimed, there was no response to the opposite, stated Ernakulam Regional Transport Workplace (RTO) sources. Invoking Part 338 entails suspension of driving licence for 3 months.“For the reason that actor has chosen not to reply to the notices and provides his model of the incident, by which case we might have thought-about no less than decreasing the suspension interval, we now have determined to go forward with the choice and droop the licence for 3 months within the subsequent few days. Nevertheless, the actor can nonetheless select to show up earlier than us and provides his account earlier than that,” a senior MVD official stated. ‘Not conscious of notices’When contacted, sources near the actor stated that they weren’t conscious of any such discover. By the way, Suraj Venjaramoodu had acted within the blockbuster Malayalam film Driving Licence by which he donned the position of Motor Autos Inspector who denies licence to a film star, performed by Prithviraj Sukumaran, following his perceived humiliation by the latter. Suspension of driving licences has grow to be common for site visitors offences of late. Round 100 to 150 licences are suspended for durations various between three months and a yr in a month relying on the gravity of offences within the Ernakulam RTO limits alone. Inflicting an accident resulting in demise entails suspension of the driving licence for as much as a yr. Drunken driving charged below the Motor Autos Act Part 185 (driving by a drunken individual or by an individual below the affect of medication) has emerged as the most typical offence for the suspension of driving licence in Ernakulam district.