Ludhiana: Delhi-based siblings, who suffered serious injuries in a road accident in Ludhiana, are struggling to get an FIR lodged even after five months. According to the victims, the police are asking them to change the statement to get the case registered.
The victims, Vijay Kumar Sachdeva, 49, a realtor from Krishna Nagar, New Delhi, and his sister, Sujata Bajaj, 52, have filed a fresh complaint with the commissioner of police, after which an inquiry has been marked.
The accident occurred on October 11, 2020, and Vijay suffered a pelvic bone injury and Sujata fractured a leg. Vijay said his maternal uncle, who lived in Ferozepur, had passed away and he was going there with his sister. They took a bus from Delhi and reached Ludhiana. From Sherpur Chowk they hired an auto to reach Ludhiana bus stand from where they were to take another bus to Ferozepur. He said when they were sitting in the auto, a white Swift Dzire car hit it near Sherpur Chowk. The auto overturned and the passersby rushed them to a hospital.
He said the hospital sent information to the police after which a cop visited them and recorded their statements. The cop said a copy of the FIR would be sent to them on their Delhi address, but they never received it. Since they were on bed rest, they could not follow up the case, he added.
In February, Vijay sent an online complaint to the Ludhiana police. The inquiry was marked to ACP, Industrial Area-B, Sandeep Vadhera, after which he visited the city and also met him.
Vijay said, “The ACP ordered Sherpur police post in-charge ASI Kapil Kumar to lodge the FIR, but the latter asked me to change the statement. He asked me to give the statement that I could identify the accused and we were trying to strike a compromise, but could not succeed, so now we are getting the case registered. But this is wrong. I haven’t seen the accused and we were never for a compromise.”
ASI Kapil Kumar said the auto and car drivers had struck a compromise a day after the accident and the police got information about Delhi siblings’ injuries a day later. “Moreover, there was nobody from the side of the victims to follow up the case, so police could not proceed further. Now we have called them for recording statements. We have not asked them to change statements, but a particular language is needed to register the case, which we will.”