New Delhi, Dec 7 (PTI) A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded Rs 64.71 lakh as compensation to the family of a 37-year-old gardener who died in a 2020 road accident in R K Puram here.

Presiding officer Dr Shirish Aggarwal awarded the claim while hearing the claim petition filed by the kin of Jagdish Prakash, who suffered fatal injuries after his bicycle was hit by a car on January 24, 2020.

In a judgment dated November 21, the tribunal said, "It stands proved on the touchstone of preponderance of probability that Jagdish sustained fatal injuries in the accident which took place due to rash and negligent driving of the offending vehicle." According to the prosecution, Jagdish, who was employed as a senior gardener with the Army Welfare Education Society, was killed by a rashly

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