Case registered against Suresh Gopi for misusing ambulance

The Kerala Police on Sunday registered a case against Union Minister of State for Tourism Suresh Gopi for allegedly misusing an ambulance to arrive at the venue of the Thrissur Pooram festival in April, reported PTI.

Along with Gopi, a person identified as Abhijit Nair who was with the minister in the ambulance and its driver were also booked.

Gopi is the Bharatiya Janata Party Janata Party Janata Party MP from Thrissur.

The case was registered on a complaint by advocate Sumesh Bhavadasan, who alleged that Gopi and others misused the ambulance as part of a Lok Sabha election campaign strategy and drove it through a busy street in Thrissur on the night of the festival, reported The Indian Express.