Thiruvananthapuram: A journalist working for a Malayalam daily was killed on Saturday after being hit by a speeding car driven by an IAS officer. The accident occurred when KM Basheer, 35, bureau chief of the Siraj newspaper, was returning home on his two-wheeler around 12.45 am when the car knocked him down in the high security zone area of the state capital. He died on the spot.

The road on which the accident took place is often used by VVIPs, including the Chief Minister and the Governor. But the police said that many of the CCTV cameras in the area were not working. A witness told the media: "I was overtaken by the speeding car after which it hit the bike. The driver was under the influence of alcohol. A lady was also with him."