Assistant Sub Inspector Sagan Kumar had died in a motor vehicle accident that took place on June 5 2021 which was caused by the deceased driver of a Toyota Innova car bearing registration number JK-0-BA-1707. After 4 years of accident a Central Reserve Police Force the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) presided over by Rajnish Garg has ordered Oriental Insurance Company and owner of the offending car to Jointly Rs92.7 Lakh to the family of the deceased cop.
“The insurance company also could not prove as to which material facts were concealed by the claimants. Accordingly, the case is decided in favor of claimants,” the tribunal held.
The MACT also stated that Kavita Kaushal wife of deceased Sagan Kumar herself stepped into the witness box as prosecution witness and tendered into evidence her affidavit wherein she deposed on the lines of claim petition filed by the claimants and again reiterated that her husband had died in an accident.
At the time of his death, gross salary of deceased was ₹73,157 per month. She also provided a copy of service book of deceased as and copy of his salary certificate from 2008-09 to 2021-22.