Gurgaon: A 25-year-old IIT engineer injured in a road accident has been awarded a compensation of Rs 2.06 crore, the highest such relief awarded in the city.

Anshum Aggarwal suffered serious abdominal injuries when the car he was in was rammed by another in June 2012. The IIT Bombay graduate worked for an MNC and drew an annual salary of Rs 46.5 lakh when the accident happened.

Harnam Singh Thakur, presiding officer of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, ruled that Aggarwal be given Rs 1.78 crore in addition to an annual interest of 9% on the sum from the date of filing of the petition. This works out to Rs 2.06 crore.

The sum will be paid jointly by the Oriental Insurance Company and the driver and owner of the rashly driven car that rammed Aggarwal's office car. The tribunal, which passed the order on December 15, directed that 50% of the compensation be kept in a fixed deposit in any nationalised bank for a period of five years. Still under treatment three years after suffering severe abdominal injuries that make it difficult for 25year-old IITian Anshum Aggarwal to lead a normal life, Aggarwal says of the Rs 2.06 cr compensation the accidents tribunal granted him: "No compensation is enough for the damage caused to my health and professional life."

The office car Aggarwal was in was hit by a Honda that belonged to Vaibhav Khandelwal, resident of Delhi's Kailash Hills, and was being driven by his friend Varun Muda, resident of Officers Colony in Gurgaon, at the time of the accident.

"The accident caused great mental agony , harassment and financial losses to me and my family. I spent more than Rs 50 lakh on treatment and still I will never be able to live a normal life," said Aggarwal.

The accident happened at the Sectors 44-45 near Kanhai village on June 14, 2012, when Aggarwal was returning home at Sushant Estate in Sector 52 in his company-provided car from his office at Cyber Park.

"As soon as the Indica turned from the main road towards Kanhai village, the speeding Honda came from Z Chowk and rammed the petitioner's car.Aggarwal, who was sitting in the back seat, suffered serious injuries," Rajiv Kaushik, lawyer of petitioner Anshum Aggarwal said. Aggarwal underwent an emergency surgery and remained in hospital for nearly four months.

"Due to the accident, not only was Aggarwal hospitalised, he is still undergoing treatment," said Kaushik, adding that Aggarwal is not yet in a condition to work like before because he has suffered partial memory loss and cannot at the moment handle all responsibilities. "The petitioner cannot even perform his daily routine tasks properly and has difficulty climbing stairs. His speech is not clear and there are instances when he stammers," the lawyer said.