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Defense Ministry, Army asked to pay Rs 35 lakh compensation to doctor's husband

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence and Army have been directed by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) to pay over Rs 35 lakh to the doctor husband of a 32-year-old radiologist, who died in

PTI Updated on: March 06, 2014 16:27 IST


When they were crossing a traffic signal at Mansingh Road, suddenly an Army jeep driven by Sepoy Vijay Kumar came from Rajpath side in a rash and negligent manner at a high speed after jumping the red light and dashed against their Santro car from the left side, he said.

Mihir said that the Army vehicle hit the car, driven by him while his wife was sitting on the next seat, with such a force that the car was tossed in the air and it rolled a few metres and finally turned upside down near the foot path.  

The two were helped by two doctors, who were colleagues of the victim woman and were travelling in a separate car.  

Harsha died on the spot and Mihir had sustained grievous injuries and was taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.  

Harsha was working as a Radiologist at Diwan Chand Satya Pal Radiological and Imaging Services at Kasturba Gandhi Marg here and was earning Rs 80,000 per month, her husband had said.

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