The police will take consent in writing and not force people who help injured persons in an accident to become witnesses, Police Commissioner M. Chandra Sekhar has said.
At a programme to compliment the services of traffic wardens here on Wednesday, Mr. Sekhar said the city police would be following the Supreme Court’s directive that bars the law enforcing agency from forcing persons helping the injured persons to become witness in the accident case. “We will be following this in letter and spirit,” he said, and added that express consent would be taken before considering such people as witnesses.
However, Mr. Sekhar said this should not prevent people from helping the injured persons. He commended the work of Mohan, a driver in the Horticulture Department who recently moved an injured person near Bendoorwell junction to a private hospital and then regulated traffic movement at the spot. Mr. Sekhar commended the services of 90-year-old Chief Traffic Warden Joe Gonsalves and other traffic wardens who are striving along with short-staffed city traffic police in regulating vehicular movement.
Mr. Sekhar felicitated Mr. Mohan and traffic wardens Francis Monis and J. Mohammed. He called upon people to join the city police in regulating traffic and maintaining law and order.
