Tribunal awards Rs 24.49 lakh compensation to kin of businessman killed in road accident in 2015

THANE: (Mar 4) The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Maharashtra’s Thane has awarded a compensation of Rs 24.49 lakh to the family of a businessman who died in a road accident in 2015.

Tribunal member R V Mohite passed the order granting compensation on February 25. A copy of the order was made available on Wednesday.

Ramadhar Girija Sharma, then 47, was killed on June 21, 2015, when a Maruti car hit him in the Bhayandar (East) area, on the outskirts of Mumbai. Police subsequently registered a case under the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act against the driver.