Indian millionaire convicted of murder
Muhammad Nisham was convicted of murder for ramming his SUV into a security guard who was slow in opening a gate.
|||New Delhi - An Indian court on Wednesday convicted a millionaire businessman of murder for ramming his SUV into a security guard who was slow in opening the gate, the prosecution lawyer said.
Muhammad Nisham, 39, was arrested last January after he pinned the guard against a wall with his Hummer over a delay in opening the gate of his apartment complex in the southern state of Kerala.
The 50-year-old guard, Chandarabose, was left with multiple injuries and died after suffering a cardiac arrest in the hospital where he was receiving treatment.
“It was a short hearing and the court found the accused, Nisham, guilty of murder,” public prosecutor Udaya Bhanu told AFP by phone.
“We have argued for the maximum penalty - death,” said Bhanu.
Sentencing takes place on Thursday.
The court heard that Nisham pursued the guard into the complex with his Hummer and squeezed him against a wall before getting out and beating him with an iron rod.
It is not the first time Nisham has made the headlines.
He faces a separate criminal case for allowing his nine-year-old son to drive a Ferrari in 2013, which caused outrage after he uploaded a video onto Youtube.
Nisham made his fortune from beedis, the hugely popular hand-rolled Indian cigarette packed with tobacco leaves, and also owns hotel and jewellery businesses in the Middle East.
He reportedly has a passion for luxury cars and owns a large fleet of them.
AFP