BANGALORE: The High Court on Wednesday directed the Director General of Police to instruct the police officials in the state to investigate the accident cases involving motor vehicles and to file proper reports about the same.The division bench comprising Justices K L Manjunath and Kemanna directed the Health and Family Welfare Department too to stop doctors from becoming tools in the hands of unscrupulous elements who claim exorbitant compensation by getting fake medical documents.One Shivanna, who had faked an accident to claim compensation, told the court that he had done so at the advice of a lawyer. Oriental Insurance had filed an appeal against the insurance claim of `3.72 lakh, which Motor Vehicles Claims Tribunal had granted to Shivanna.He had claimed that he had met an accident near Tumkur on June 4, 2006, and his upper limb had to be amputated because of that.Although the accident had taken place on June 4, he was admitted to government hospital on June 16.It was later found that he was admitted to a hospital in Bangalore after an accident involving a lathe (sharping machine) where he used to work. His limb was amputated on June 6, 2006, and the lathe owner, Umesh, had paid him `40,000. However, in his fake insurance claim, Shivanna had claimed that he had met an accident with Umesh’s bike.
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