Verna police record military vehicle driver’s statement

Vasco:

Military

authorities have produced the

driver

, co-driver and three occupants of a defence

vehicle

, involved in a fatal accident last year at Sancoale, before Verna police.

Seema Naik, a mother of two, had lost her husband Anil Naik in the accident on September 23, 2020. The woman had approached the high court in December stating that the defence authorities were willfully impeding the investigation into the FIR so as to protect its servicemen.

Earlier this month, the court disposed of a petition after the military officials informed the court that they will cooperate with police in the case. The vehicle does not belong to the Goa unit but belongs to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Transit Facilities at Karwar, said S Karpe, central government standing counsel representing the secretary, ministry of defence to the court.

Recently, the military produced the vehicle driver, Kuldip Singh, and other occupants before the police, and their statements were recorded.

“We left for our native place after the incident, and returned 17 days after performing the last rites of my husband. To our dismay, there was no progress in the police investigation. I ran from pillar to post, met local politicians and ministers, as well as senior police officials. But we only got sympathies, nobody came forward to help me,” Seema told TOI. Finally, her brothers, who live abroad, advised her to approach the high court.


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