The family of Sharad Kadam, a Versova resident, said police suspected him of driving drunk.
MUMBAI: A 70-year-old Andheri resident against whom Versova police invoked drunk driving charges last month and kept him at the police station for allegedly five hours after a minor accident reportedly caused by a stroke, resulting in him missing the golden window for treatment, was not drunk at the time, shows a police probe report. Alleging malafide intentions, Kadam’s son, who arrived from Canada the day after the accident, said the complainant should have been the doctor whose car Kadam brushed against on July 25 but it was instead a police constable, Sandeep Kamble.
MLA Ameet Satam, who had earlier asked the BMC chief and the mayor to initiate action against the Cooper Hospital doctor who only did an oral examination, said the DCP is expected to forward the inquiry report to the JCP (law & order) this week. “A departmental inquiry is required against all police personnel who sought to frame Kadam,” he said. He said Kadam has been left paralysed on the right side and he cannot talk. Former IPS officer-turned-lawyer YP Singh said the findings of the probe report warrant a departmental inquiry against the police personnel who registered the FIR without the supporting documents.
Karad did not respond to TOI ’s calls and messages. “I have left my job in Canada and I’m running around for medical assistance.
He added that before the chargesheet is filed, the drunk driving section must be removed. I want justice and action against the police personnel whose negligence left my father in this state. ” He said Kadam was shifted to another private hospital in Yari Road, Andheri, on Monday.
Kadam’s family has said the stroke left him partially paralysed and his treatment was delayed by nearly 12 hours.
A private test conducted the day after the accident at Nanavati Hospital, where Kadam was later admitted for treatment, had made the same observation.