Govt to fix ex-IGP's car damaged by sonTNN, Sep 29, 2010, 03.44am IST
PANAJI: In a shocking move, the state government has sanctioned.` 4.5 lakh for
repairs of the police vehicle that was involved in an accident in December 2009
while being driven by the then IGP's son. "Government vehicles are never
insured. When a government vehicle is involved in an accident, the cost of
repair is recovered from the driver or officer responsible if they are at
fault,
or it's paid for by the government. In this case, as the IGP is now retired,
the
government has decided to bear the expense of the vehicle's repairs and
sanctioned the same," government sources said.
At the time of the accident, the vehicle was driven neither by then IGP K D
Singh (now retired) nor his driver, but by the former IGP's 18-year-old son
Siddharth. The boy had taken his father's new official car out on December 4,
2009, when he met with an accident late at night. Vasco police had registered a
case against Siddharth under Section 279 and 337 of IPC.
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