Kerala Home Secretary V Venu, family injured in car accident in Kayamkulam
The official vehicle of the Home Secretary crashed into a truck near Kayamkulam.
The official vehicle of the Home Secretary crashed into a truck near Kayamkulam.
The official vehicle of the Home Secretary crashed into a truck near Kayamkulam.
Kayamkulam: IAS couple V Venu and Sarada Muraleedharan were injured in a road accident here in Alappuzha district in the wee hours of Monday.
Six out of seven passengers in the car were injured. They are now undergoing treatment at a private hospital at Parumala, near Thiruvalla.
Venu is Kerala's Home Secretary and his wife Sarada is the Additional Chief Secretary of the Local-Self Government Department.
Their son Sabari too has been injured. Driver Abhilash, and friends Pranav and Saurav are the others injured.
Venu has sustained injuries on his nose, forehead and urinary bladder. He is currently in the intensive care unit, hospital sources said.
The other passengers have sustained injuries on their limbs, they said.
The official vehicle of the Home Secretary crashed into a truck near Kayamkulam in Alappuzha district. The family was en route to Thiruvananthapuram from Kochi. The truck was heading towards Ernakulam from Kottukulangara.
Venu was appointed as the Home Secretary last June.