Shaji Purushothaman gets five-year jail term in drunk driving case
Shaji Purushothaman, a scion of the Empee Group, has been sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment for a 2013 drunk driving incident that resulted in a fatality. The court's decision follows a long legal battle involving multiple victims and a period where the accused was a proclaimed offender.
Why it matters
This case serves as a significant example of judicial accountability for high-profile individuals involved in fatal traffic offenses.
A City Sessions Court on Thursday sentenced Shaji Purushothaman, the Empee Group scion, to five year-rigorous imprisonment in connection with a drunk driving crash that claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and left five others injured in 2013.
Shaji Purushothaman, along with three others, consumed alcohol on the night of May 22, 2013, and abetted by his friends, drove a Mercedes-Benz in a rash and negligent manner. At around 1 a.m. on May 23, he lost control of the vehicle near the maternity hospital at Egmore, and hit the front wheel of an oncoming police patrol vehicle.
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