Shankar Nag accident: Family to get Rs 26.8 lakh

BANGALORE:A division bench headed by Justice K Shridhar Rao awarded Rs 26,80,155, plusinterest at 6%, to Arundhati Nag, wife of Shankar Nag, the popular Kannada actorwho died in a car crash about 20 years ago.The Bench gave thisfinding on an appeal filed by her, challenging the Motor Accidents ClaimsTribunal (MACT) order which had awarded Rs 25,62,131 as compensation.Shankar Nag, of Malgudi Days fame, died in a car crash at Anagoduvillage on the outskirts of Davanagere town on the morning of September 30,1990, while proceeding to Dharwad with his wife and daughter Kavya, for theshooting of his film Jokumaraswamy. Arundhati had claimed Rs 1.25 cr incompensation before the tribunal.