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As galore arsenic 29 hit-and-run mishap victims successful the territory person received compensation done the Compensation to Victims of Hit and Run Motor Accidents Scheme-2022. The compensation was paid specifically successful those cases wherever drivers fled the country aft causing wounded oregon damage.
At a district-level monitoring committee gathering held astatine Manjeri connected Monday (November 17), it was announced that the General Insurance Council had disbursed ₹14.5 lakh successful compensation to the victims of 29 hit-and-run cases.
District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) caput M. Shabir Ibrahim, who is convener of the monitoring committee, presided implicit the meeting. District Crime Records Bureau sub-inspector Sajeev besides took part. The ₹ 14.5 lakh compensation covered the 29 cases that were brought earlier the Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirur, aft the offending vehicles could not beryllium identified.
Victims of hit-and-run accidents oregon their relatives tin assertion up to ₹2 lakh if the incidental results successful death, and up to ₹50,000 for injuries. Claims tin beryllium filed by the injured individuals themselves oregon by household members of those who person mislaid their lives.
