The Madras High Court on Wednesday awarded a compensation of ₹15 lakh to the family members of a motor accident victim whose death was informed to his family only after 14 days of medical treatment provided to him as an “unknown person” without even registering a First Information Report regarding the accident.
Justice G. Chandrasekharan allowed a 2014 writ petition filed by A. Muthulakshmi, wife of the deceased N. Arumugam, and agreed with his counsel M. Purushothaman that the policemen at Kudimangalam police station in Tiruppur district had miserably failed in discharging their duties diligently leading to the death of the labourer.
He also ordered a further investigation in to the accident case by a team headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police, since the police had registered the FIR only on November 13, 2014 for the accident that took place on October 30, 2014. What’s more, the labourer was shown as an accused in the FIR since he had reportedly smelled of alcohol.
