Excise Minister tells the Assembly cases are registered against three bars over liquor served before the Nedumbassery crash

13 October 2026

Excise Minister M. Liju told the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 that cases have been registered against three bars over liquor served to the 19-year-old driver of a car that struck a scooter near Nedumbassery.
The three bars are at Kadavanthra, Palarivattom and Nedumbassery, and the Excise Department is examining the violations.
The legal drinking age in Kerala is 23.
The crash took place at about 1.45 am on Sunday, October 11, 2026 on the four-lane Nedumbassery airport road near Athani, and three scooter riders died.
The Nedumbassery police have invoked Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act for drunk driving and Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, along with Sections 281, 49 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The driver has been remanded to 14 days of judicial custody, and three co-passengers have been arraigned.
Biological samples have been sent for chemical examination.